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Researchers find novel 'nano killers' for sterilization and antifouling

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB), an anaerobic bacterium, has long been considered the main culprit in causing corrosion failure of metal materials.

Sep 5, 2022

Novel 'nano killers' for sterilization and antifouling

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have found that a MoS2 nanosheets-based vacancy materials activated by permonosulfate enables efficient anaerobic microorganisms disinfection.

Sep 5, 2022

Fabricating Nanodiamonds Using Laser-Driven Shock Compression of PET Plastics

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A multinational team led by the French École Polytechnique, the University of Rostock, and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) conducted a novel experiment to find out what occurs in the planets’ cores, such as those of Neptune and Ura...

Sep 5, 2022

Super-dense packing of hydrogen molecules on a surface

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists describe the formation of a superdense monolayer of hydrogen on highly ordered mesoporous silica near the boiling temperature.

Sep 5, 2022

Organic thin-film sensors for light-source analysis and anti-counterfeiting applications

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A team of physicists and chemists presents an organic thin-film sensor that describes a completely new way of identifying the wavelength of light and achieves a spectral resolution below one nanometer.

Sep 5, 2022

X-ray laser converts plastic into diamonds, recreating Uranus rain

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists have turned plastic into diamonds. Using high-powered lasers, the team zapped samples of PET, the common material used in plastic bottles, to produce intense heat and pressure to form tiny diamonds that may naturally rain down on planet...

Sep 5, 2022

Metamaterials Could Solve One of 6G’s Big Problems

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

FOR ALL THE TUMULTUOUS revolution in wireless technology over the past several decades, there have been a couple of constants. One is the overcrowding of radio bands, and the other is the move to escape that congestion by exploiting higher and hig...

Sep 4, 2022

New Method to Systematically Find Optimal Quantum Operation Sequences for Quantum Computers Development

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new method developed for finding optimal quantum operation sequences for quantum computers. Based on GRAPE, the new method systematically finds quantum operation sequences and enables efficient task execution. Expected to contribute to improving...

Sep 3, 2022

AFRL experiments with heat flow to manipulate quantum materials

NanoDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Nano Electronic Materials Branch, part of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, used heat flow experiments to manipulate quantum materials into functioning in new and different ways at higher temp...

Sep 3, 2022

Making Nanodiamonds From Plastic Bottles Reveal 'Diamond Rain' Could Be More Common Than Previously Thought

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

The long-hypothesized exotic diamond rain on gas giants Uranus and Neptune may be more common based on an experiment that made nanodiamonds from a plastic bottle. Read the article to learn more.

Sep 3, 2022

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