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Representational image Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi have developed a novel virus-filtering, self-cleaning and antibacterial material that can be used to make and reuse face masks and other PPE equipment. The new masks can kill microbes, and are solar light-cleanable. It can also filter more than 96 percent of particles that are in the size range of the Covid Virus (120 nanometres), without compromising on the breathability of the fabric, and could thus be a powerful t...

IIT Mandi researchers develop anti-bacterial, self-cleaning material for face masks and PPE equipment IIT Mandi latest research: The developed nanomaterial can clean the mask by simply keeping it in bright sunlight and make it ready to wear again. advertisement IIT Mandi researchers develop anti-bacterial, self-cleaning material for face masks and PPE equipment Indian Institute of Technology Mandi researchers has developed a virus-filtering, self-cleaning and antibacterial material that can be ...

Credit: Jijun He, Junqiu Liu (EPFL) Encoding information into light, and transmitting it through optical fibers lies at the core of optical communications. With an incredibly low loss of 0.2 dB/km, optical fibers made from silica have laid the foundations of todays global telecommunication networks and our information society. Such ultralow optical loss is equally essential for integrated photonics, which enable the synthesis, processing and detection of optical signals using on-chip waveguid...

Left: schematic illustration of a STEM probe scanning across the interface of two nickelate compounds, with the nature of the scattered electrons...

Share Mandi: Indian Institute of Technology Mandi alumnus Dr. Navneet Chandra Verma has won the Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS) National Award 2020 for Research Excellence. Dr. Verma, who completed his Ph.D. from IIT Mandi in 2020, received this award in recognition of his excellent contribution in fundamental understanding of the chemical structure and functional relationship of the carbogenic nanoparticles and their application in super-resolution light microscopy.   Under ...

ELE Times Carbon Capture More Efficient and Cheaper with Graphene Filter February 26, 2021 Chemical engineers at EPFL have developed a graphene filter for Carbon Capture that surpasses the efficiency of commercial capture technologies and can reduce the cost of carbon capture down to $30 per ton of carbon dioxide. The problem is that capturing carbon from power plants and industrial emissions isn’t very cost-effective. The main reason is that waste carbon dioxide isn’t emitted ...

Chemical engineers at EPFL have developed a graphene filter for carbon capture that surpasses the efficiency of commercial capture technologies, and can reduce the cost carbon capture down to $30 per ton of carbon dioxide.

February 25, 2021EPFL Using the IBM Q computer, physicists at EPFL have verified for the first time the tight relationship between quantum entanglement and wave-particle duality, showing that the former controls the latter in a quantum system. “It is possible to do experiments in fundamental physics on the remotely accessible IBM Q quantum computer,” says Marc-André Dupertuis, a physicist at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences. Working with Nicolas Schwaller, a Master student in Physics a...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Michael Grätzel, winner of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences. view more  Credit: BBVA FOUNDATION The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Basic Sciences category has gone in this thirteenth edition to Paul Alivisatos (University of California, Berkeley, United States) and Michael Grätzel (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland) for their fundamental contributions to the development of new nanomaterials a...

The IBM Q computer at CES 2020 (Credit: IBM) Using the IBM Q computer, physicists at EPFL have verified for the first time the tight relationship...