Materials made of nanodiamonds could be used as inexpensive photocatalysts. But up until now, high-energy UV light was needed for these carbon nanoparticles to become active. The DIACAT consortium has created and examined various nanodiamond mater...
Dec 1, 2022
The quantum realm of atomic particles is embedded with randomness. Still, precise control of quantum systems, such as quantum computers, is of great importance for modern quantum science and prospective quantum technology.
Dec 1, 2022
Chinese researchers have designed a gas-liquid two-phase flow-based triboelectric nanogenerator (GL-TENG) with ultrahigh output power, according to a research article recently published in Science Advances.
Dec 1, 2022
Controlling microscopic processes is inherently challenging. The everyday tools we use to manipulate matter on the macroscale can't simply be shrunk down to the size of cell, and even if they could, the physical forces they rely on work diffe...
Dec 1, 2022
Light and sound are foundational to modern communication technology. Glass fibers — with laser light— form the bedrock of the internet. Nanoscale sound waves on chips serve to process signals at gigahertz frequencies for wireless transmission betw...
Dec 1, 2022
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) recently announced that plants could be used to produce nanobodies that quickly block emerging pathogens in human medicine and agriculture. These na...
Dec 1, 2022
Wormholes are a staple of sci-fi, and there’s a possibility that they exist in the real universe. But how would they work? Physicists have now used a quantum processor to simulate a traversable wormhole, teleporting information between two quantum...
Dec 1, 2022
Developed by University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers, a lightweight, ultra-shock-absorbing foam could vastly improve helmets designed to protect people from strong blows.
Dec 1, 2022
Scott Aaronson is a professor of computer science at University of Texas at Austin and director of its Quantum Information Center. Previously he received his PhD at UC Berkeley and was a faculty member at MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer...
Nov 30, 2022
Researchers developed a novel 'etching-swelling-planting' strategy following interfacial polymerization to prepare a mix-charged nanofiltration membrane for wastewater treatment.
Nov 30, 2022
