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Spinning rotors made from DNA could power minuscule machines

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Building devices at the nanoscale is difficult because small molecules move about randomly, but now researchers have made a working rotor using DNA

Jul 20, 2022

Spinning rotors made from DNA could power minuscule machines

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Building devices at the nanoscale is difficult because small molecules move about randomly, but now researchers have made a working rotor using DNA

Jul 20, 2022

"Physicists use quantum simulation tools to study, understand exotic state of matter"

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Physicists have demonstrated how simulations using quantum computing can enable observation of a distinctive state of matter taken out of its normal equilibrium. Such novel states of matter could one day lead to developments in fast, powerful quan...

Jul 20, 2022

Research on bacteria: Electron highway for hydrogen and carbon dioxide storage discovered

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Microbiologists have shed light on the structure of an enzyme that produces formic acid from molecular hydrogen (H2) and carbon dioxide (CO2). The enzyme of the bacterium Thermoanaerobacter kivui was discovered a few years previously by microbiolo...

Jul 20, 2022

NIST selects four 'post-quantum' encryption standards – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The US institute has selected four algorithms that will be developed to protect data from a future quantum computer attack The post NIST selects four ‘post-quantum’ encryption standards appeared first on Physics World.

Jul 20, 2022

Researchers create nanoparticle-vaccine combination to target melanoma

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Cancers in humans have all sorts of ways to survive and thrive: Cells and tumors alike engage in devious means to deflect, deceive, and evade detection by our bodies' immune systems.

Jul 20, 2022

Sounding Out the Acoustic Integrated Circuit

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Acoustic devices now play key roles in mobile phones and other electronics, but these often control sound waves passively. Now scientists have for the first time developed a way to electrically control and modify sound waves on a chip actively, po...

Jul 20, 2022

Researchers create nanoparticle-vaccine combination to target melanoma

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Experiments in mice eliminated cancerous tumors or extended survival.

Jul 20, 2022

Nanoparticles Positively Impact Wheat and Barley Seed Germination

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Wheat and barley are widely cultivated cereals across the globe. The application of nanotechnology could enhance the yield of these crops, thereby helping meet the global demand for food supply. In an article recently published in the journal Mate...

Jul 20, 2022

Unique Nanophotonic System for Precise Near-Field Probing of Image Polaritons

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Although hyperbolic phonon-polaritons were studied using near-field mapping in van der Waals crystals, their near-field signal complexity and the signal loss due to the nature of the substrate made it challenging to measure the accurate polaritoni...

Jul 20, 2022

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