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NanoAvionics announces growth plans to become the prime supplier for small satellite constellations

NanoDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

NanoAvionics has announced a multi-million investment plan to support and accelerate its goal of becoming the prime supplier for small satellite constellations, globally. As a result of the recent acquisition by Kongsberg and part of its growth pl...

Oct 26, 2022

Penn State researchers to explore using quantum computers to design new drugs

Pennsylvania State University   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

A $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant will help a team of Penn State researchers study the use of quantum computer-based artificial intelligence to see if quantum computers can bring drugs to patients faster and cheaper.

Oct 26, 2022

Increased Production of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are expanding the creation of vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) that could transform various commercial products ranging from automotive parts, rechargeable...

Oct 26, 2022

Breakthrough: World's smallest photon in a dielectric material

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed a nanostructure that compresses the light to become 10,000 times thinner than a human hair. This fundamental scientific breakthrough can be important for multiple fields, including energy-efficient computers and quantum ...

Oct 26, 2022

Nano-sized islands open possibilities for application of single-atom catalysts

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A new method to anchor single atoms of platinum-group metals on nanometer-sized islands allows for efficiently using these expensive metals as catalysts for a wide variety of applications. Researchers showed that platinum atoms could be confined o...

Oct 26, 2022

Dye-sensitized solar cells achieve a new power conversion efficiency record

Tech Xplore   -   Scientific News Websites

Mesoscopic dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) were invented in 1990s by Brian O'Regan and Michael Grätzel, taking on the latter's name—the world-famous Grätzel cells. DSCs convert light into electricity through photosensitizers—dye compou...

Oct 26, 2022

Nano-sized islands open possibilities for application of single-atom catalysts

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new method to anchor single atoms of platinum-group metals on nanometer-sized islands allows for efficiently using these expensive metals as catalysts for a wide variety of applications.

Oct 26, 2022

Nano-islands open possibilities for application of single-atom catalysts

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new method to anchor single atoms of platinum-group metals on nanometer-sized islands allows for efficiently using these expensive metals as catalysts for a wide variety of applications.

Oct 26, 2022

Scientists develop a promising sorbent for removing antibiotics from wastewater

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

NUST MISIS researchers have created a reusable and environment friendly sorbent for cleaning antibiotics from wastewater. The proposed sorbent has a number of advantages compared to already known analogs—low production costs, simple design and eas...

Oct 26, 2022

Detecting SARS-CoV-2 in the Air by Using a Nanotechnology-Packed Bubble

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have shown that they can detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in the air by using a nanotechnology-packed bubble that spills its chemical contents like a broken piñata when encountering the virus.

Oct 26, 2022

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