Month: February 2020

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2020 — Journalists who register for the American Chemical Society’s (ACS’) Spring 2020 National Meeting & Exposition in Philadelphia will have access to more than 14,000 presentations on topics such as food, nutrition, medicine, health, nanotechnology, space science, energy and the environment. The meeting will be held March 22 to 26 in

A new, battery-free sensor can detect water leaks in buildings at a fraction of the cost of existing systems. The tiny device, developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo, uses nanotechnology to power itself and send an alert to smartphones when exposed to moisture. By eliminating a battery and related circuitry, researchers estimate their

IMAGE: In some cases heat propagates within a material as a viscous-fluid flow. view more  Credit: EPFL Researchers at EPFL and MARVEL have developed a novel formulation that describes how heat spreads within crystalline materials. This can explain why and under which conditions heat propagation becomes fluid-like rather than diffusive. Their equations will make it easier

Therapeutic cancer vaccines were first developed 100 years ago and have remained broadly ineffective to date. Before tangible results can be achieved, two major obstacles must be overcome. Firstly, since tumor mutations are unique to each patient, cancer cell antigens must be targeted extremely precisely, which is very hard to achieve. Secondly, a safe system

Quantum engineers from UNSW Sydney have created artificial atoms in silicon chips that offer improved stability for quantum computing. In a paper published today in Nature Communications, UNSW quantum computing researchers describe how they created artificial atoms in a silicon ‘quantum dot’, a tiny space in a quantum circuit where electrons are used as qubits

IMAGE: This is the terahertz quantum cascade laser on its mounting. A pair of tweezers shows how small the device is. view more  Credit: University of Leeds Researchers have made a breakthrough in the control of terahertz quantum cascade lasers, which could lead to the transmission of data at the rate of 100 gigabits per second

IMAGE: Researchers have discovered that a material forms a DNA-like helix when reduced to a string of atoms, as seen by the pink line in this graphic, encapsulated in a nanotube…. view more  Credit: Purdue University/Pai-Ying Liao Wearable tech and electronic cloth may be the way of the future, but to get there the wiring needs

IMAGE: With a small push, these deployable structures can go from flat to curved. view more  Credit: Bertoldi Lab/Harvard SEAS If you’ve ever opened an umbrella or set up a folding chair, you’ve used a deployable structure – an object that can transition from a compact state to an expanded one. You’ve probably noticed that such

IMAGE: Researchers discover that a material forms a DNA-like helix when reduced to a string of atoms, as seen by the pink line in this graphic, encapsulated in a nanotube. view more  Credit: Photo Credit: Purdue University JingKai Qin and PaiYing Liao RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — A material from a rare earth element, tellurium, could

IMAGE: This is the measurement setup for the characterization of microbridges in a cryostat. view more  Credit: Martin Wolff The development of a quantum computer that can solve problems, which classical computers can only solve with great effort or not at all – this is the goal currently being pursued by an ever-growing number of research