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Analytical Chemistry Mar 29, 2024

A catalyst for converting carbon dioxide, the main cause of global warming, into ethylene using vitamin C

A joint research team has developed a new electrochemical catalyst that promotes the conversion from carbon dioxide (CO2) to ethylene (C2H4).

Optics & Photonics Mar 28, 2024

An on-chip photon-counting reconstructive spectrometer with tailored cascaded detector array

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) have been widely used in various applications requiring single photon detection thanks to their attractive performances. Since SNSPDs are thin films of serval nanometers ...

Condensed Matter Mar 27, 2024

New topological metamaterial amplifies sound waves exponentially

Researchers at AMOLF, in collaboration with partners from Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, have realized a new type of metamaterial through which sound waves flow in an unprecedented fashion. It provides a novel form of ...

Quantum Physics Mar 25, 2024

The world is one step closer to secure quantum communication on a global scale

Researchers at the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) have brought together two Nobel prize-winning research concepts to advance the field of quantum communication.

Cell & Microbiology Mar 20, 2024

Research suggests natural electrical grid deep inside Earth enables many types of microbes to survive

To "breathe" in an environment without oxygen, bacteria in the ground beneath our feet depend upon a single family of proteins to transfer excess electrons (produced during the "burning" of nutrients) to electric hairs called ...

Nanomaterials Mar 14, 2024

Researchers overcome lattice mismatch issue to advance optoelectronic applications

A research team from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) recently successfully achieved lattice-mismatch-free construction of III-V/chalcogenide core-shell heterostructure nanowires for electronic and optoelectronic applications. ...

Superconductivity Mar 11, 2024

Giving particle detectors a boost: New device acts like a superconductivity switch

In particle colliders that reveal the hidden secrets of the tiniest constituents of our universe, minute particles leave behind extremely faint electrical traces when they are generated in enormous collisions. Some detectors ...

Analytical Chemistry Mar 7, 2024

Urchin-like CoFe-layered double hydroxide synthesized for high-efficiency electrocatalytic oxygen evolution

A research team led by Professor Wang Qi from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has successfully synthesized a heterogeneous Ce@CoFe-LDH electrocatalyst by combining a simple hydrothermal ...

Optics & Photonics Feb 26, 2024

Measuring the properties of light: Scientists realize new method for determining quantum states

Scientists at Paderborn University have used a new method to determine the characteristics of optical quantum states. For the first time, they are using certain photon detectors—devices that can detect individual light ...

Space Exploration Feb 8, 2024

NASA's new experimental antenna tracks deep space laser

An experimental antenna has received both radio frequency and near-infrared laser signals from NASA's Psyche spacecraft as it travels through deep space. This shows it's possible for the giant dish antennas of NASA's Deep ...

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