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Glow-in-the-dark plants could act as passive lighting for public spaces

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A decent chunk of energy usage goes towards lighting, so scientists at MIT are developing a new kind of passive lighting – glow-in-the-dark plants. In the latest experiment, the team has made them glow much brighter than the first generation plant...

Sep 20, 2021

Science Made Simple: What is Nanoscience?

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Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory wrote on this penny with an ion beam to show off how cool nanoscience research can be.

Sep 19, 2021

IonQ Ramping to Over 100 Qubits | NextBigFuture.com

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IonQ unveiled the first Reconfigurable Multicore Quantum Architecture (RMQA) technology, a breakthrough in quantum computing. It is starting with the demonstration of 4 chains of 16 ions each that can be dynamically configured into quantum computi...

Sep 19, 2021

4 Inch Wafer of Trillions of Aligned Carbon Nanotubes | NextBigFuture.com

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Carbon nanotubes can be five times as energy efficient and five times faster than silicon. engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison can align the nanotubes for computer chips by turning them into 2D liquid crystals. They can coat an entire...

Sep 19, 2021

Layered Graphene with a Twist Displays Unique Quantum Confinement Effects in 2-D

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Understanding how electrons move in 2-D layered material systems could lead to advances in quantum computing and communication. Scientists studying two different configurations of bilayer... The post Layered Graphene with a Twist Displays Unique ...

Sep 18, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Silver nanoparticles boost performance of microbial fuel cells

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Coating Shewanella bacteria with silver nanoparticles greatly boosts the performance of biofilm-based microbial fuel cells, researchers report. It achieves this effect by improving the transfer of ele...

Sep 18, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Scientists demonstrate pathway to forerunner of nanotubes that could lead to widespread industrial fabrication

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Scientists have identified a chemical pathway to an innovative insulating nanomaterial that could lead to large-scale industrial production for a variety of uses including in spacesuits and military...

Sep 18, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Ultrasound at the nanometre scale reveals the nature of force

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Researchers have developed a new method to measure force and atomic bonds at the nanoscale that reveals that the speed of sound depends on the structure it is travelling through.

Sep 18, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: New nano particles suppress resistance to cancer immunotherapy

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A specially designed lipid nanoparticle could deliver immune-signaling molecules into liver macrophage cells to overcome resistance to anti-tumor immunotherapy.

Sep 18, 2021

Atom Bonding, Nature Measured Using Ultrasound in Nanometer Showing That Sound Speed Is Dependence on Structure

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Researchers recently developed a new approach to measure atomic bonds and nature, revealing that a sound's speed depends on the structure it travels through.

Sep 17, 2021

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