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
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
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
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
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
SLAC scientists found that oxygen boosts this exotic precipitation, revealing a new path to make nanodiamonds here on Earth.
Sep 2, 2022
The technique could be used to manufacture nanodiamonds for use in quantum devices and other applications.
Sep 2, 2022
What goes on inside planets like Neptune and Uranus? To find out, an international team conducted a novel experiment. They fired a laser at a thin film of simple PET plastic and investigated what happened using intensive laser flashes. One result ...
Sep 2, 2022
What goes on inside planets like Neptune and Uranus? To find out, an international team headed by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), the University of Rostock and France's École Polytechnique conducted a novel experiment. They f...
Sep 2, 2022
Good TVs are always in high demand, so finding deals can be a fruitless quest. If you're on the lookout for one, Amazon is running a one-day sale right now on LG, Samsung and Sony sets, including OLED and other desirable models at all-time lo...
Sep 2, 2022
