Graphene Spikes Kill Bacteria on Implants and Stop Infection
A tiny layer of graphene flakes becomes a deadly weapon and kills bacteria, stopping infections during procedures such as implant surgery. This is the findings…
Chalmers University of Technology
Physicists Create a Topological Superconductor for Quantum Computing
With their insensitivity to decoherence what are known as Majorana particles could become stable building blocks of a quantum computer. The problem is that they…
Astrochemists Discover How to Use Methanol to Measure Magnetic Fields in Space
A team of scientists, led by Boy Lankhaar at Chalmers University of Technology, has solved an important puzzle in astrochemistry: how to measure magnetic fields…
New ALMA Image Provides a Surprising Glimpse of Our Sun’s Future
For the first time, astronomers have observed details on the surface of an aging star with the same mass as the Sun. The new ALMA…
Scientists Believe Some Free-Floating Planets May Be Born Free
Using the data from several telescopes, astronomers measured the mass and density of a large number of the globulettes found in the Rosetts Nebula, finding…
Graphene Provides Cooling for Electronics
A new discovery shows that graphene provides efficient electronics cooling, reducing the working temperature in hotspots inside a processor by up to 25 percent. An…
Astronomers Measure the Temperature of the Universe 7.2 Billion Years Ago
Using the CSIRO Australia Telescope Compact Array, scientists led by Sebastien Muller have made the most precise measurement ever of how the universe has cooled…
New Data on Arp 220, The Best Evidence Yet for Microblazars
Scientists have been monitoring radio signals from the galaxy Arp 220, located 250 million light years from Earth, and now believe the radio emissions may…
