A research team reduces power consumption by half in semiconductor devices by embedding platinum nanoparticles. The new technology extends memory by one million times and is applicable in next-generation low-power devices.
Sep 22, 2022
Millions of quantum bits are required for quantum computers to prove useful in practical applications. But this is still a long way off. One problem is that the qubits have to be very close to each other on the chip. Researchers have now come a si...
Sep 22, 2022
Nanoengineers have developed microscopic robots, called microrobots, that can swim around in the lungs, deliver medication and be used to clear up life-threatening cases of bacterial pneumonia.
Sep 22, 2022
As the need to mitigate climate change accelerates, scientists are trying to find new ways to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. One process, called electrochemical reduction or electrolysis, uses electricity and a catalyst to convert carbon dioxide...
Sep 22, 2022
Stepping stones are placed to help travelers to cross streams. As long as there are stepping stones that connect both sides of the water, one can easily get across with just a few steps. Using the same principle, a research team at POSTECH has dev...
Sep 22, 2022
Scientists used an experimental technique of optical trapping to observe the circular-polarization dependent optical gradient force exerting on chiral gold nanoparticles.
Sep 22, 2022
Researchers grow a nanoscale layer of a superconducting material on top of a nitride-semiconductor substrate, which may help facilitate the integration of quantum qubits with existing microelectronics.
Sep 22, 2022
Researchers found a new way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by wrapping copper nanocubes with an organic layer, solving instability and selectivity problems with copper nanocubes in catalysis, and improving how this electrocatalyst converts CO2...
Sep 22, 2022
While activated carbon is used in kitchen fans to eliminate food odors, a new dissertation from the University of Gothenburg shows that activated carbon could also eliminate the smell of urine from diapers. Experiments with the odor molecule p-cre...
Sep 22, 2022
Controlling the spin of electrons opens up future scenarios for applications in spin-based electronics (spintronics), for example in data processing. It also presents new opportunities for controlling the selectivity and efficiency of chemical rea...
Sep 22, 2022
