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Method Avoids Drawbacks in STED Microscopy Noise Suppression

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from Zhejiang University have proposed a novel microscopy method that selectively and effectively suppresses background noise in the existing technique of stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy. Background noise is considered ...

Jul 8, 2022

Record-setting quantum entanglement connects two atoms across 20 miles

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers in Germany have demonstrated quantum entanglement of two atoms separated by 33 km (20.5 miles) of fiber optics. This is a record distance for this kind of communication and marks a breakthrough towards a fast and secure quantum internet.

Jul 8, 2022

Nano-rust: Smart additive for autonomous temperature control

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers develop a new, versatile method for temperature monitoring in materials.

Jul 8, 2022

Nanoparticle vaccine could protect against animal viruses including future SARS-CoV-2 variants

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

A recent study published in the Science journal depicted that mosaic receptor-binding domain (RBD) nanoparticles immunize from diverse sarbecovirus challenges, including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), among animal mo...

Jul 8, 2022

D-Wave's 500-Qubit Machine Hits the Cloud

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

When quantum-computing pioneer D-Wave releases its next-generation Advantage2 system in 2023 or 2024, the company expects its 7,000-qubit machine to be the most powerful quantum computer of its kind in the world. Now D-Wave is making an experiment...

Jul 7, 2022

Nanoyacht modular boat nests in pieces for transport and storage

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

There are now several different packable boats that can be carried in the back of a car, and assembled onsite. And while most of them fold like origami, the Nanoyacht is a bit different, in that it's made up of multiple nesting boxes.

Jul 7, 2022

Nanoparticle 'backpacks' restore damaged stem cells

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Bioengineers have shown that a new strategy can restore damaged stem cells and enable them to grow new tissues again. The new drug delivery system could help infants born from complicated pregnancies.

Jul 7, 2022

"Researchers build long, highly conductive molecular nanowire: The 2.6nm-long single molecule wire has quasi-metallic properties and shows an unusual increase of conductance as the wire length increases; its excellent conductivity holds great promise for the field of molecular electronics"

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers announced today that they have built a nanowire that is 2.6 nanometers long, shows an unusual increase in conductance as the wire length increases, and has quasi-metallic properties. Its excellent conductivity holds great promise for t...

Jul 7, 2022

Study reveals yunnanozoans as the oldest known stem vertebrates

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists have long puzzled over the gap in the fossil record that would explain the evolution from invertebrates to vertebrates. Vertebrates, including fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and humans, share unique features, such as a ba...

Jul 7, 2022

A Lithium Battery That Goes to Extremes

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

A new lithium-ion battery works at frigid temperatures of -40 °C all the way to a scorching high of 50 °C. With a cathode made of sulfur, the new lithium-sulfur battery could also pack more energy than is possible with today’s chemistries.

Jul 7, 2022

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