Month: August 2021

Aug 30, 2021 (Nanowerk News) An increasing fraction of the global energy consumption is used for information technology, and photonics operating at very high data rates with ultra-low energy per bit has been identified as a key technology to enable sustainable growth of capacity demands. However, existing laser designs cannot...

Home > Press > ‘Missing jigsaw piece’: engineers make critical advance in quantum computer designDr Jarryd Pla and Professor Andrew Dzurak have solved the problem of how to reliably control not just a few, but millions of qubits. Photo: UNSWAbstract:Quantum engineers from UNSW Sydney have removed a major obstacle that...

Aug 28, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Analog photonic solutions offer unique opportunities to address complex computational tasks with unprecedented performance in terms of energy dissipation and speeds, overcoming current limitations of modern computing architectures based on electron flows and digital approaches. In a new study published in the journal Nature Communications...

Home > Press > Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors: Next big thing in blood flow measurement: Novel detector system improves sensitivity for measurement of cerebral blood flowIn a new study, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital developed a superconducting nanowire single photon detector (SNSPD)-based diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) device with a high...

Aug 27, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Research led by The University of Manchester has found that ions diffuse 10,000 times faster inside atomically thin clays than in bulk clay crystals. Clays are used in a wide variety of membrane applications, so this result offers the potential to achieve vastly improved desalination...

Home > Press > From anti-icing coatings to protection of containers with flammable liquids: heating films with graphene nanotubes enter the marketAbstract:•Heating films with graphene nanotubes have been proven to be an economical, efficient, and durable solution.•Nanotube solutions have successfully passed probation as an anti-icing system for roofs.•Optimization of energy...

Aug 20, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Membrane electrode assembly is the core part of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). However, the high consumption of platinum and poor durability of carbon supported platinum nanoparticles (Pt/C) in the conventional cathode prohibit the large-scale commercialization of fuel cell vehicles. Recently, a group led...

Home > Press > The National Space Society Joins the Progressive Policy Institute in Supporting Rapid Development of Space Solar Power: Orbiting Solar Power Stations Would Help to Save the EnvironmentAbstract:The Progressive Policy Institute, a major Washington think tank, has amplified the National Space Society’s urgent call for robustly enhanced...

Aug 20, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Carbon dioxide (CO2) electroreduction in solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) is an effective way to combine CO2 conversion and renewable electrical energy storage. It's crucial to improve the catalytic activity cathode for the electroreduction in SOECs since CO2 molecule itself is relatively stable. Gold nanoparticles...

Home > Press > Submerged sensors to control wearable electronics: Scientists in Korea make hand-drawn and flexible pressure sensors that can control a phone from underwaterScientists in Korea have developed a pressure sensor that can control a cell phone from underwater. Abstract:Flexible and waterproof sensors that could unlock new applications...