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Graphene target boosts laser-driven ion acceleration – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New technique could make it possible to produce relativistic beams of ions using less intense lasers The post Graphene target boosts laser-driven ion acceleration appeared first on Physics World.

Mar 9, 2022

Atom by Atom: Building Precise Smaller Nanoparticles with Templates

Tokyo Institute of Technology   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Despite rapid advances of nanoscience, the properties of quasi-sub-nanomaterials with structures falling between molecules and solids remain unrevealed. However, researchers from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have now developed a cost...

Mar 9, 2022

Exotic, 2D Materials Could Resurrect the Hard Drive

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

For about a decade, a range of materials known as “multiferroics” has been promising to lead the way to the ultimate memory device, or, at the very least, the ultimate replacement to flash memory. Multiferroics are materials with two or more coex...

Mar 9, 2022

From quantum vibrations to nanodiamonds, unusual toolbox puts dangerous SARS-CoV-2 variants under surveillance

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

With each new SARS-CoV-2 variant that has emerged, global panic ensues to determine its level of threat. But a group of quantum biologists, engineers, and virus physicists think we already have the tools to more easily detect—and stop—dangerous co...

Mar 9, 2022

A nanoscale look at coronavirus infection

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A human cell being infected by a coronavirus is a crowded place as the virus turns its host into a virus-replicating machine. Now, for the first time, Stanford scientists have used super-resolution light microscopy to sift through the crowd and de...

Mar 9, 2022

Molecules, rare earths, and light: Innovative platform for quantum computers and communications

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Communication between quantum systems depends on their ability to effectively interact with light. Some molecular crystals have proven to be new materials with excellent quantum properties. They are of great interest for creating quantum computers...

Mar 9, 2022

Europium and light: An innovative platform for quantum computers and communications

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The ability to interact with light provides important functionalities for quantum systems, such as communicating over large distances, a key ability for future quantum computers. However, it is very difficult to find a material that can fully expl...

Mar 9, 2022

New research sheds light on nature of friction in multi-layered graphene

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Graphene, which consists of a single layer of carbon atoms, is the poster child of carbon-based 2D nanomaterials. It has many attractive properties that could be exploited in next-generation electronics, optics, catalysis, biomedicine, and many ot...

Mar 9, 2022

A nanoscale look at coronavirus infection

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Using super-resolution microscopy, scientists uncovered new details about the location of viral molecules in a cell after coronavirus infection.

Mar 9, 2022

A 'zigzag' blueprint for topological electronics

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A collaborative study confirms a potential new switching mechanism for a proposed generation of ultra-low energy topological electronics. Based on novel, quantum nanoribbons terminating on 'zigzag' edges, such devices would switch from n...

Mar 9, 2022

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