Scientists hard pressed to find a way to switch off forces that keep molecules stuck to 2D materials at the nanoscale say they have understood how it is possible, paving the way for the development of better filters that could be used to remove toxins from the air or store hydrogen and greenhouse gases. The…
Scientists Unveil High-Sensitivity 3D Technique Using Single-Atom Measurements
Researchers at Griffith University working with Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have unveiled a stunningly accurate technique for scientific measurements which uses a single atom as the sensor, with sensitivity down to 100 zeptoNewtons. Using highly miniaturised segmented-style Fresnel lenses – the same design used in lighthouses for more than a century…
Highly Sensitive Nanosensors to Prevent Catastrophes
Griffith University researchers are creating tiny high-tech chips that will detect problems in ageing gas and oil pipelines, preventing catastrophic events. A team from Griffith’s Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre are developing the novel, low-cost and highly sensitive compact sensors that will detect and monitor changes in harsh environments, such as strain, pressure, flow rate,…
Quantum RAM: Modelling the Big Questions With The Very Small
Griffith’s Professor Geoff Pryde, who led the project, says that such processes could be simulated using a “quantum hard drive”, much smaller than the memory required for conventional simulations. “Stephen Hawking once stated that the 21st century is the ‘century of complexity’, as many of today’s most pressing problems, such as understanding climate change or…
Great Barrier Building Coral Under Threat from Poisonous Seaweed
The Griffith University study, conducted in collaboration with national and international experts in reef and chemical ecology, showed that if the world continues with ‘business as usual’ CO2 emissions important reef building corals will suffer significantly by 2050 and die off by 2100. Associate Professor Guillermo Diaz-Pulido, of Griffith’s School of Environment, says that is…