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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

“Diamond Rain” on Giant Icy Planets May Be More Common Than Thought

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

SLAC scientists found that oxygen boosts this exotic precipitation, revealing a new path to make nanodiamonds here on Earth.

Sep 2, 2022

Zapping plastic with a laser forged tiny diamonds

Science News   -   Scientific News Websites

The technique could be used to manufacture nanodiamonds for use in quantum devices and other applications.

Sep 2, 2022

Making nanodiamonds out of bottle plastic: Research team uses laser flashes to simulate the interior of ice planets -- and spurs a new process for producing miniscule diamonds

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

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

Making nanodiamonds out of bottle plastic

Tech Xplore   -   Scientific News Websites

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

Amazon knocks up to 49 percent off LG, Samsung and Sony TVs for today only

Engadget   -   General News Websites

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

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