Zentek pre-qualifies to supply graphene coatings for Canada’s defense drone program
Zentek has been pre-qualified under the Government of Canada's Defense Drone Initiative Marketplace, a supplier pool for uncrewed and autonomous systems managed by the Defense Investment Agency on behalf of the Department of National Defense. The five-year supply...
The LHC just ruled out another hiding place for quantum black holes
Physicists searching through Large Hadron Collider data found no evidence that the machine has been producing microscopic quantum black holes, but the result sharply narrows where such exotic physics could still be hiding. These hypothetical black holes could form if...
GMG secures US$10 million private placement to scale graphene and battery production
Graphene Manufacturing Group (GMG) will issue roughly 6.5 million shares to a private investor at CA$2.15 (about US$1.53) each in a private placement raising approximately US$10 million. The raise is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval and is expected to close on...
For the first time, scientists watch sound jump between quantum states
Stanford researchers have recorded the first real-time quantum jumps of sound, watching single phonons abruptly vanish from one energy state to another. The breakthrough could open new paths for quantum computing, error correction, highly sensitive biological sensors,...
New graphene fiber conducts heat better than copper while matching top carbon fiber strength
Researchers at Zhejiang University have developed a wet-spinning process that produces graphene fibers combining exceptional tensile strength with high thermal conductivity, addressing a long-standing trade-off between the two properties.The team dispersed graphene...
A new process turns plastic waste into gasoline and diesel fuel
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a surprisingly simple way to turn polyethylene, the common plastic used in shopping bags and cutting boards, into gasoline and diesel-like fuels. The process uses inexpensive aluminum-based molten salts to...
What kills Schrödinger’s cat? Gravity may not be the answer
Physicists have put a decades-old idea about why the strange rules of quantum mechanics disappear in our everyday world to one of its toughest experimental tests yet. Deep beneath Italy’s Gran Sasso mountain, researchers searched for an extremely faint radiation...
iGii secures £22.7 million to accelerate commercialization of graphene-like carbon nanomaterial
iGii has secured £22.7 million (about US$30.4 million) in new funding to accelerate the commercialization and industrial adoption of its patented 3D graphene foam, Gii. The round comprises an £11.7 million (about US$15.7 million) Series B investment led by the...
Einstein’s “spooky action” just survived one of physics’ most extreme tests
Physicists have detected strong evidence that heavy, fleeting Z bosons can become quantum entangled during Higgs boson decays at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. The result shows that Einstein’s “spooky action at a distance” survives even under some of the most extreme...
