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European Initiatives Increase Access to Quantum Magnetometers

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Researchers from six Fraunhofer institutes are working on two projects that aim to make quantum magnetometers — sensor devices that measure magnetic field — usable in industrial settings. Magnetometers are currently limited in such settings due to...

Apr 18, 2022

Nanoclusters self-organize into centimeter-scale hierarchical assemblies

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nature may abhor a vacuum, but it sure loves structure. Complex, self-organized assemblies are found throughout the natural world, from double-helix DNA molecules to the photonic crystals that make butterfly wings so colorful and iridescent.

Apr 17, 2022

Ancient Namibian Gemstone Holds Key to Future Quantum Computers

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A special form of light made using an ancient Namibian gemstone could be the key to new light-based quantum computers, which could solve long-held scientific mysteries, according to new research led by the University of St Andrews.

Apr 16, 2022

Overcoming COVID Variants: Decoy Nanoparticles Trick Coronavirus As It Evolves

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Emerging therapeutics could overcome drug-resistant variants. They might look like cells and act like cells. But a new potential COVID-19 treatment is actually a cleverly disguised trickster, which attracts viruses and binds them, rendering them i...

Apr 16, 2022

AGM reports its latest half-year financial results

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Applied Graphene Materials (AGM) announced its interim results for the six months that ended on January 2022. Revenues were £46,000 (up from £42,000 in the previous half year period), while net loss was £1.9 million (up from £1.8 million).Despite ...

Apr 16, 2022

Delivery technologies of mRNA and pDNA for advanced therapeutic applications

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Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (Center Director: Prof. Kazunori Kataoka) has announced that Prof. Satoshi Uchida (Principal Research Scientist), who is also Associated Professor of the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, published an arti...

Apr 15, 2022

A More Sensitive and Durable Rapid COVID-19 Test Using Nanoparticles

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Rapid antigen tests can quickly and conveniently tell a person that they are positive for COVID-19. However, because antibody-based tests aren’t very sensitive, they can fail to detect early infections with low viral loads. Now, researchers report...

Apr 15, 2022

Injectable stem cell assembly for cartilage regeneration

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A study led by Prof. Qiuyu Zhang (Northwestern Polytechnical University), Prof. Ki-Bum Lee (Rutgers University), and Prof. Liang Kong (School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University) has established an injectable hybrid inorganic (I...

Apr 15, 2022

Build your own quantum computer with Google's latest 'simulator'

Engadget   -   General News Websites

World Quantum Day was apparently yesterday, and Google feted the occasion with the launch of The Qubit Game, as spotted by 9to5Google. Created in partnership with Doublespeak games, it's a “playful journey to building a quantum computer, one ...

Apr 15, 2022

Enhanced Energy Storage Capacity of Graphene Supercapacitors via Solar Heating

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Prof. WANG Zhenyang’s research group from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has enhanced the energy storage capacity of graphene supercapacitors via solar heating.

Apr 15, 2022

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