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Electrocharged Fibers Spark Stem Cells for Bone Repair

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Broken bones can be an incredibly painful experience, but they also signal the start of a healing process that, for some patients, takes far too long to happen. In healthy patients with a bone fracture, after about two weeks, bodies begin to fill ...

Dec 10, 2023

A new (micro) lens on optics: Researchers develop hybrid achromats with high focusing efficiencies

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Using 3D printing and porous silicon, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed compact, visible wavelength achromats that are essential for miniaturized and lightweight optics. These high-performance hybrid micro-o...

Dec 9, 2023

EU project GATEPOST is kicking off

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

A new project called GATEPOST, funded by the European research and development program Horizon Europe and part of the Graphene Flagship Initiative, has been launched. 

Dec 9, 2023

Extremely rapid aerosol-assembly method enables scalable manufacturing of well-ordered nanoparticle structures

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a dramatically faster, simpler nanoparticle assembly technique using an ultrasonic spray nozzle to generate a nanoparticle-laden aerosol. This facilitates rapid fabrication of highly ordered nanoparticle monolayers over ...

Dec 9, 2023

Empowering optical tweezers with 'biometric eyes'

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Breakthrough method combining CRISPR assays with optothermal optical tweezers enables precise DNA identification and manipulation, promising advancements in genetic testing and nanophotonics.

Dec 9, 2023

New lipid nanoparticle shows muscle-specific mRNA delivery, reduces off-target effects

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Study findings make significant contribution to generating tissue-specific ionizable lipids and prompts rethinking of mRNA vaccine design principles.

Dec 9, 2023

Worldchanging Quantum Computers Means Science and Technology Will Get Better Faster | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

Despite steady improvements in quantum computers, they are still noisy and error prone, which leads to questionable or wrong answers. In June, 2023, scientists predicted that Quantum Computers won’t truly outcompete todays classical supercomputers...

Dec 8, 2023

Breakthrough Demo of 3D DNA Industrial Nanorobots Manufacturing | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

DNA nanostructures can perform some of the complex robotic fabrication process for manufacturing and self-replication. Building things and performing work with nanorobots has been a major technical and scientific goal. This has been done and publi...

Dec 8, 2023

PsiQuantum Developing Megaqubit Photonic Quantum Computer | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

PsiQuantum has raised about $665 million and has a valuation of over $3 billion. PsiQuantum is developing a photonic quantum computer that will have millions of physical qubits and eventually millions of error corrected qubits.

Dec 8, 2023

A superconducting junction made from a single 2D material promises to harness strange new physics

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Physicists at RIKEN have developed an electronic device that hosts unusual states of matter, which could one day be useful for quantum computation.

Dec 8, 2023

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