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This new sensor can detect mercury ions with just a tap

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Although many measures are in place to prevent contamination, pollutants, such as mercury and lead, can still end up in the environment. Sensing them often requires complicated processes, but what if you could detect them with the tap of a fingert...

Feb 22, 2023

Nanomaterial boosts potency of coronavirus disinfectants: Enhanced disinfectant is two-to-four times more effective in neutralizing pathogen threat

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A research team has engineered a new nanomaterial that can boost the potency of common disinfectants.

Feb 22, 2023

New single-photon detector targets high-speed quantum communications – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Device uses 32 superconducting nanowires The post New single-photon detector targets high-speed quantum communications appeared first on Physics World.

Feb 22, 2023

Nanomaterial boosts potency of coronavirus disinfectants

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The use of peroxide-based disinfectants has grown with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, the extensive use of chemical disinfectants to kill viruses and other pathogens can also threaten human health and ecosystems.

Feb 22, 2023

Nanomaterial boosts potency of coronavirus disinfectants

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists demonstrated that when the nanomaterial - a double-atom catalyst - is mixed with a peroxide-based disinfectant, the disinfectant is two-to-four times more effective in disabling a coronavirus strain compared to when the disinfectant is ...

Feb 22, 2023

Paragraf acquired new manufacturing facility to boost production capabilities

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Paragraf has announced a second manufacturing site in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK.     The new site will allow Paragraf to massively increase the size of its clean room facilities and other manufacturing areas while providing additional offic...

Feb 22, 2023

Using Self-Assembling Nanoparticles in Solar Energy Harvesting

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A promising eco-friendly energy harvesting method called solar-thermal technology has a crucial role to play in resolving the crisis of fossil fuel energy. These images show the device’s...

Feb 22, 2023

Tunable Photomemristor Streamlines Neuromorphic Vision Processing

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, and Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics have created a two-terminal, nonvolatile photomemristor with a simple architecture and tunable photorespons...

Feb 22, 2023

Quantinuum Names CEO: People in the News: 02/22/23

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum computing firm Quantinuum named Rajeeb Hazra CEO. Outgoing CEO Ilyas Khan will assume the roles of chief product officer and vice chairman of the board of directors. Hazra most recently served as senior vice president and general manager o...

Feb 22, 2023

Solvent affects structure of nano-coatings

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The study shows that the solvent in which the nanoparticles are suspended before the coating is applied determines the way in which the particles arrange themselves in the resulting layer. This means that the properties of the coating can be adapt...

Feb 22, 2023

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