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Tailored Qubits: A Powerful New Platform for Customizable Quantum Devices

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

A ground-up approach to qubit design leads to a new framework for creating versatile, highly tailored quantum devices.

Mar 11, 2022

Programmable Blocks Tease Self-Assembling Space Structures

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Self-assembling and self-reconfiguring robots depicted in films like Transformers are becoming closer to reality, thanks to a team of researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). Scientists at CSAIL have cr...

Mar 11, 2022

These Transistor Gates Are Just One Carbon Atom Thick

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

For decades, silicon transistors become smaller and smaller, but they are fast approaching the point at which they can no longer shrink the lengths of their gates—that is, how far current must travel in these devices. Now, by using atomically thin...

Mar 11, 2022

Time crystals on a quantum computer reach record size – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Results mark the beginning of a new phase in quantum simulation, say physicists The post Time crystals on a quantum computer reach a record size appeared first on Physics World.

Mar 11, 2022

Lower, more frequent doses of nanomedicines may enhance cancer treatment

Medical Xpress   -   Scientific News Websites

Tiny structures called nanoparticles can be used to carry substances to certain parts of the body—for example, to deliver a chemotherapy drug to a tumor. Although such "nanomedicines" offer hope for improving cancer therapeutics, the sur...

Mar 11, 2022

Lower, more frequent doses of nanomedicines may enhance cancer treatment: The strategy may make tumors more vulnerable to anti-cancer therapies

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Both nanomedicines and metronomic scheduling -- when medications are given at lower, more frequent doses -- can correct abnormalities surrounding tumors that help protect cancer cells and foster their growth and spread. Combining nanomedicines and...

Mar 11, 2022

Nano-Scaled Mercury Shows Promise for Safe Storage and Waste Management

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An article published in the journal Scientific Reports investigated a potentially clean solution for storing mercury waste based on the containment of solid-state nanoscale mercury at room temperature (RT).

Mar 11, 2022

Magnetic Twister Repels Water to Sweep Up Microplastics

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In a study published in the journal Langmuir, the remote control of superhydrophobic magnetic nanoparticles has been investigated, offering intriguing properties in aqueous interface-related uses and microplastic removal.

Mar 11, 2022

Acoustic propulsion of nanomachines depends on their orientation

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Microscopically tiny nanomachines which move like submarines with their own propulsion—for example in the human body, where they transport active agents and release them at a target: What sounds like science fiction has, over the past 20 years, be...

Mar 11, 2022

Liposomal-Specific Delivery of Fluorouracil Likely to Reduce Tumor Growth

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanomedicines, which are drugs concealed within nanoscopic lipid membranes (“liposomes”), have the potential to revolutionize chemotherapy by increasing drug delivery and minimizing hazardous side effects for thousands of cancer patients each year.

Mar 11, 2022

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