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IoT sensors made with cellulose
March 4, 2019
An eco-friendly sensor made from cellulose could replace the plastics and polymeric materials currently used in electronics.Simon Fraser University and Swiss researchers care using a wood-derived cellulose material to print...
Sulphur polymers for eco-friendly plastics
February 14, 2019
A new catalytic process for making polymers out of sulphur could provide more environmentally friendly production of plastic.Currently, the process of reacting sulphur with organic crosslinker molecules to make it...
Edging towards the quantum speed limit
February 12, 2019
More rapid energy progression in a quantum computer may be achieved thanks to more rapid jumps in energy in a quantum state.Quantum researchers at Aalto University sped up the energy...
Nano-enhanced palladium reacts to light
February 7, 2019
An optical-enhanced form of palladium could be the key to a more environmentally friendly chemical manufacturing industry.Researchers at RMIT University in Australia manipulated the optical properties of palladium nanoparticles to...
Quantum-scale electron liquid
February 6, 2019
Physicists have created the first electron liquid at room temperature and say it could have applications in quantum computers.University of California scientists directed superfast laser pulses at ultrathin sandwich, formed...
Saturnian day deduced from ring formations
January 30, 2019
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has enabled a more accurate estimate of the length of a day on Saturn.The new estimate of 10 hours, 33 minutes and 38 seconds, is...
CERN outlines next-gen circular collider
January 17, 2019
CERN has submitted proposals for the Future Circular Collider (FCC), a particle accelerator 10 times as powerful as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).The four-volume document presents different options for a...
Greener ammonia eliminates hydrogen and metal catalyst
January 17, 2019
A new process of creating ammonia from nitrogen and water eliminates the use of hydrogen or solid metal catalysts.The low temperature, low pressure electrolytic process developed at Ohio's Case Western...
Atomic precision qubits in a silicon crystal
January 15, 2019
Quantum scientists in Australia have demonstrated the world’s first 3D atomic-scale quantum chip architecture.UNSW researchers showed the feasibility of their 3D chip architecture unveiled in 2015. This uses single-atom quantum...
Beating the diamond-standard
January 4, 2019
Forget diamond – when considering super-hard materials, says Metin Örnek, the search for an alternative is on… How hard is super-hard? With advances in material science and engineering, comes the possibility...
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