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Smallest biosupercapacitor provides energy for biomedical applications

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The miniaturization of microelectronic sensor technology, microelectronic robots or intravascular implants is progressing rapidly. However, it also poses major challenges for research. One of the biggest is the development of tiny but efficient en...

Aug 24, 2021

Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors Excel in DCS Applications

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Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and MIT Lincoln Laboratory have developed a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD)-based diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) device. The instrument demonstrated a high signal-to-n...

Aug 24, 2021

Atomically-thin, twisted graphene has unique properties

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New research published in Physical Review Letters describes how electrons move through two different configurations of bilayer graphene, the

Aug 24, 2021

A Peculiar State of Matter in Layers of Semiconductors Could Advance Quantum Computing

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In a study that could benefit quantum computing, researchers show a superlattice embedded with nanodots may be immune from dissipating energy to the environment. Scientists... The post A Peculiar State of Matter in Layers of Semiconductors Could ...

Aug 24, 2021

Scientists develop a scalable method to harvest exosomes from unpasteurized cow's milk

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Exosomes are nano-sized biological capsules that cells produce to protect and courier delicate molecules throughout the body.

Aug 23, 2021

ICL fluorescent label homogenously penetrates the glioblastoma brain tumors

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Fluorescent indocarbocyanine lipid (ICL) shows much better distribution within glioblastoma brain tumors compared to fluorescent phospholipids, according to a study published in ACS Nano.

Aug 23, 2021

Layered graphene with a twist displays unique quantum confinement in 2-D

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Bilayer graphene with one of the two layers twisted displayed unique resonant electronic behavior. Understanding how electrons move in such 2-D materials could shed light on how to manipulate them for quantum computing and communication.

Aug 23, 2021

Visualizing molecular motion of substituted 9-phosphaanthracene

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Anthracene is a solid organic compound derived from coal-tar distillation. Apart from its use as a red dye, it has also been used in the field of nanographene material design, as it exhibits excellent electronic and light-emitting properties. One ...

Aug 23, 2021

MIT's New Tunable “Metasurface” is Akin to Optical Swiss Army Knife

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Enormous potential range of applications. MIT engineers and colleagues report important new advances on a tunable metasurface, or flat optical device patterned with nanoscale structures,... The post MIT’s New Tunable “Metasurface” is Akin to Opti...

Aug 23, 2021

Experiments Prove Quantum Computing Errors Correlated, Tied to Cosmic Rays

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Research by a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) physicist and a host of collaborators is shedding new light on one of the major challenges to realizing the... The post Experiments Prove Quantum Computing Errors Correlated, Tied to Cos...

Aug 23, 2021

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