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Magnetene – A Graphene-Like 2D Material – Leverages Quantum Effects To Achieve Ultra-Low Friction

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Magnetene could have useful applications as a lubricant in implantable devices or other micro-electro-mechanical systems. A team of researchers from University of Toronto Engineering and... The post Magnetene – A Graphene-Like 2D Material – Lever...

Nov 20, 2021

The Femtojoule Promise of Analog AI

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Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) have already penetrated so deeply into our life and work that you might have forgotten what interactions with machines used to be like. We used to ask only for precise quantitative answers to quest...

Nov 20, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Visualizing temperature transport: An unexpected technique for nanoscale characterization

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As devices continue to shrink, new challenges in their measurement and design present themselves. For devices based on molecular junctions, in which single molecules are bound to metals or semiconduct...

Nov 20, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Cancer cells use �tiny tentacles� to suppress the immune system: With the power of nanotechnology, investigators have discovered that cancer cells strengthen by forming nanotubes that they use to suck mitochondria out of immune cells

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To grow and spread, cancer cells must evade the immune system. Investigators from Brigham and Womens Hospital and MIT used the power of nanotechnology to discover a new way that cancer can disarm its...

Nov 20, 2021

Understanding the nanostructure formation in block copolymer thin film

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The paper “Understanding nanodomain morphology formation in dip-coated PS-b-PEO thin films” was published in the issue of Nanoscale Advances (Volume 3, Issue 17).

Nov 20, 2021

Physicists achieve fault-tolerant control of an error-corrected qubit – Physics World

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Demonstration of fault-tolerant preparation, rotation and measurement of a logical qubit is a key step towards quantum error correction The post Physicists achieve fault-tolerant control of an error-corrected qubit appeared first on Physics World.

Nov 19, 2021

New Method for Direct Growth of Wafer-Scale Superior Quality Graphene

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An effective method formulated by a team of researchers employs a metal-containing species, copper acetate, to uninterruptedly deliver copper clusters in a gaseous form to support transfer-free growth of graphene on wafer-scale insulators.

Nov 19, 2021

Modeling quantum spin liquids using machine learning

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The properties of a complex and exotic state of a quantum material can be predicted using a machine learning method created by a RIKEN researcher and a collaborator. This advance could aid the development of future quantum computers.

Nov 19, 2021

AFRL uses expedited acquisition process in latest spacecraft contract award

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Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Nov 19, 2021 The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate awarded an $8.4 million contract to Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. to support the directorate's Precise flight experiment projected for lau...

Nov 19, 2021

Cancer Cells Extend Nanoscale Tentacles to Disarm Cellular Attackers

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To grow and spread, cancer cells must evade the immune system. Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital and MIT used the power of nanotechnology to discover a new way that cancer can disarm its would-be cellular attackers by extending ...

Nov 19, 2021

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