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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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You might be able to take the girl off the farm, but you can’t necessarily take the farm out of the girl, as the saying goes. That was the case for Melba Crawford, who as a teenager couldn’t wait to leave her family’s farm in Illinois to pursue an...

Jun 28, 2023

Scientists Reveal That Water Can “Talk” to Electrons in Graphene

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Researchers confirm theory of quantum friction. Water and carbon make a quantum couple: the flow of water on a carbon surface is governed by an unusual phenomenon dubbed quantum friction.

Jun 28, 2023

'Electronic skin' from bio-friendly materials can track human vital signs with ultrahigh precision

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Researchers have used materials inspired by molecular gastronomy to create smart wearables that surpassed similar devices in terms of strain sensitivity. They integrated graphene into seaweed to create nanocomposite microcapsules for highly tunabl...

Jun 28, 2023

Scientists design a nanoparticle that may improve mRNA cancer vaccines: Tests in mice with melanoma and colon cancer show the tiny particle creates an 'army' of immune cells that carry vaccine's instructions, say the researchers

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Scientists say they have developed a nanoparticle -- an extremely tiny biodegradable container -- that has the potential to improve the delivery of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based vaccines for infectious diseases such as COVID-19, and vacc...

Jun 28, 2023

Research breakthrough could be significant for quantum computing future: Crucial characteristic of new superconductor material confirmed

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Scientists using one of the world's most powerful quantum microscopes have made a discovery that could have significant consequences for the future of computing. Researchers have discovered a spatially modulating superconducting state in a ne...

Jun 28, 2023

Researchers develop a nano-antenna that forms a near field of circularly polarized light

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A research group from Kobe University in Japan have proposed and tested a nano-antenna that uses the specific optical resonance of dielectric nanoparticles to form a near field of circularly polarized light. This technique bolsters the circularly ...

Jun 28, 2023

Scientists design a nanoparticle that may improve mRNA cancer vaccines

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Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have developed a nanoparticle—an extremely tiny biodegradable container—that has the potential to improve the delivery of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based vaccines for infectious diseases such as C...

Jun 28, 2023

A Major Quantum Computing Leap With a Magnetic Twist – “A New Paradigm”

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A University of Washington-led team has made a key quantum computing breakthrough by detecting fractional quantum anomalous Hall states in semiconductor material flakes, which could be instrumental in creating stable, fault-tolerant qubits.

Jun 28, 2023

'Electronic skin' from bio-friendly materials can track human vital signs with ultrahigh precision

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Currently much of the research on nanocomposite-based sensors is related to non-sustainable materials. This means that these devices contribute to plastic waste when they are no longer in use. A new study, published on 28 June in Advanced Function...

Jun 28, 2023

How to stop quantum computers from breaking the internet’s encryption

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Today's encryption schemes will be vulnerable to future quantum computers, but new algorithms and a quantum internet could help.

Jun 28, 2023

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