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Surface Laptop Studio and Pro 8 hands-on: Fresh designs with 120Hz screens

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At its annual hardware event today, Microsoft unveiled a new family of Surface devices ahead of Windows 11’s launch on October 5th. Refreshes of the Surface Pro and Surface Go aren’t surprising, and the company did show off the latest in both of t...

Sep 22, 2021

A new way to control qubits

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A research team that includes two UO physicists have outlined new techniques for controlling the building blocks of quantum computing, a potentially significant step toward making such computers more accurate and useful.

Sep 22, 2021

Tube-shaped robots roll up stairs, carry carts, and race one another

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have designed a 4D-printed soft robot that self-assembles when heated and can take on challenging tasks like rolling uphill and navigating a bumpy and unpredictable landscape.

Sep 22, 2021

The role of nanomaterials during the COVID-19 pandemic

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

A new review published in Rare Metals has focused on the applications of nanomaterials to fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Sep 22, 2021

Microneedle patch delivers COVID-19 DNA vaccine, doesn't require cold storage

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More than 2 billion people worldwide are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. However, many who live in resource-limited countries haven't been able to get vaccines, partly because these areas lack temperature-controlled shipping and storage fa...

Sep 22, 2021

Researchers explain how nanomaterial aids antibody response

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The researchers' original task was to figure out how certain polymer nanomaterials provided for a low-inflammatory immune response and yet were able to boost antibody production as part of a single dose of vaccine.

Sep 22, 2021

Physicists Solve a Perplexing Nano-Scale Mystery That Could Help Prevent Overheating in Electronics

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of physicists at CU Boulder has solved the mystery behind a perplexing phenomenon in the nano realm: why some ultra-small heat sources cool... The post Physicists Solve a Perplexing Nano-Scale Mystery That Could Help Prevent Overheating in...

Sep 22, 2021

Moiré superlattice makes magic-angle laser – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers create a completely new laser design based on a graphene-like structure The post Moiré superlattice makes magic-angle laser appeared first on Physics World.

Sep 22, 2021

Signature approach reveals prized property in nanoscopic material

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It took a nanoscale construction project on par with the much larger ones peppering Nebraska highways, but physicist Xia Hong is now directing the haphazard traffic of electrons well enough to analyze it—and, down the road, put it to use in next-g...

Sep 22, 2021

New AI-Optimized Software Could Improve Nanoparticle Design for Cancer Therapy

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The EVONANO platform developed at the University of Bristol enables scientists to develop virtual tumors and employ artificial intelligence to make automated optimization of the design of...

Sep 22, 2021

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