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Upgrading your computer to quantum

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.

September 22, 2022 Read more

Wrapping of nanosize copper cubes can help convert carbon dioxide into other chemicals

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 into organic molecules.

September 22, 2022 Read more

Sharper than ever: Physicists make molecular vibrations more detectable

Although scanning tunnelling microscopes can be used to image individual molecules, their vibrations have so far been difficult to detect. Physicists have now invented a method with which the vibration signals can be amplified by up to a factor of 50.

September 21, 2022 Read more

Researchers show that chiral oxide catalysts align electron spin

The results are to help in the future production of spin-selective catalytic oxide materials, thus improving the efficiency of chemical reactions.

September 21, 2022 Read more

Fundamental research improves understanding of new optical materials

Research into the synthesis of new materials could lead to more sustainable and environmentally friendly items such as solar panels and light emitting diodes (LEDs).

September 21, 2022 Read more

Researchers test hybrid, soft/hard nanocarriers to deliver drugs to the brain

A new approach to making nanocarriers for drug delivery features a soft, fat-like, liposome interior (which is already a clinically approved drug carrier) surrounded by a hard shell of gold nanoparticles.

September 20, 2022 Read more

Facemask can detect viral exposure from a 10-minute conversation with an infected person

Scientists have created a face mask that can detect common respiratory viruses, including influenza and the coronavirus, in the air in droplets or aerosols.

September 20, 2022 Read more

Designing new quantum materials on the computer

A new design principle can now predict the properties of quantum materials that have hardly been explored so far. For the first time, a strongly correlated topological semimetal has been discovered using a computer.

September 20, 2022 Read more

Silicon nanopillars for quantum communication

New production technology opens the way to quantum light sources with fiber optic compatibility.

September 20, 2022 Read more

High-performance and high-reliability artificial synaptic semiconductor device for next-generation brain-mimicking computing

Scientists have discovered critical variables to maximize the performance of artificial synaptic devices. Green light for next-generation neuromorphic system development.

September 20, 2022 Read more

Optical rule was made to be broken

Researchers have found a way to manipulate light at the nanoscale that breaks the Moss rule, which describes a trade-off between a material's optical absorption and how it refracts light.

September 19, 2022 Read more

Self-powered bioelectronic face mask measures glucose levels

New research describes the first example of self-powered bioelectronics on a mask that can measure the biological glucose signal with continuous energy. In their work, the researchers demonstrate a 3-in-1 mask device that can 1) harvest energy (a biofuel cell); 2) store energy (a supercapacitor); and 3) indicate glucose concentration (a biosensor). The small biofuel cells can harvest energy from the sweat on a person's face and indicate the level of the analyte that tracks health and nutrition.

September 19, 2022 Read more