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- New nanoparticle-based material could detect antibiotics in water 09/08/2022 An international team of researchers has developed a new type of strong and elastic two-dimensional (2D) membrane. The invention could prove useful, for instance, in detecting remnants of antibiotics from water.
- Graphene scientists capture first images of atoms 'swimming' in liquid 04/08/2022 Graphene scientists from The University of Manchester have created a novel "nano-petri dish" using two-dimensional (2D) materials to create a new method of observing how atoms move in liquid.
- An alternative superconducting qubit achieves high performance for quantum computing 02/08/2022 Quantum computers, devices that exploit quantum phenomena to perform computations, could eventually help tackle complex computational problems faster and more efficiently than classical computers. These devices are commonly based on basic units of information known as quantum bits, or qubits.
- What the first James Webb Space Telescope images could mean for chemistry 28/07/2022 New photos demonstrate the infrared telescope’s potential for unveiling the chemical complexity of our universe
- Physicists use quantum simulation tools to study, understand exotic state of matte 26/07/2022 Thomas Iadecola worked his way through the title of the latest research paper that includes his theoretical and analytical work, patiently explaining digital quantum simulation, Floquet systems and symmetry-protected topological phases.
- Scientists made a Möbius strip out of a tiny carbon nanobelt 14/07/2022 The new twist on nanocarbon joins other structures including nanotubes and buckyballs
- New advances in the search for molecular magnets 12/07/2022 Scientists from the University of Lisbon (Portugal) and the University of Stuttgart (Germany) have managed to synthesize and extensively characterize a series of cobalt molecules that exhibit the properties of molecular magnets, an encouraging result for the future of quantum-scale computing.
- Organic bipolar transistor developed 07/07/2022 Researchers have developed a highly efficient organic bipolar transistor. The work opens up new perspectives for organic electronics -- both in data processing and transmission, as well as in medical technology applications.
- Flexing the power of a conductive polymer 05/07/2022 For decades, field-effect transistors enabled by silicon-based semiconductors have powered the electronics revolution. But in recent years, manufacturers have come up against hard physical limits to further size reductions and efficiency gains of silicon chips. That has scientists and engineers looking for alternatives to conventional metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) transistors.
- Boron nitride nanotube fibers get real 30/06/2022 Scientists create the first boron nitride nanotube fibers using the custom wet-spinning process they developed to make carbon nanotube fibers.
- Quantum sensor can detect electromagnetic signals of any frequency 23/06/2022 Quantum sensors, which detect the most minute variations in magnetic or electrical fields, have enabled precision measurements in materials science and fundamental physics. But these sensors have only been capable of detecting a few specific frequencies of these fields, limiting their usefulness. Now, researchers at MIT have developed a method to enable such sensors to detect any arbitrary frequency, with no loss of their ability to measure nanometer-scale features.