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A Circuit to Boost Battery Life

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Digital low-dropout voltage regulators will save time, money, and power

Jul 29, 2021

Researchers kick-start magnetic spin waves at nanoscale in pursuit of low energy computing

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

An international team from Delft, Lancaster, Nijmegen, Kiev and Salerno has demonstrated a new technique to generate magnetic waves that propagate through the material at a speed much faster than the speed of sound.

Jul 29, 2021

Highly potent, stable nanobodies stop SARS-CoV-2

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed nanobodies that efficiently block the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and its new variants.

Jul 29, 2021

New nanomaterial to derive clean fuel from the sea

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Hydrogen fuel derived from the sea could be an abundant and sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, but the potential power source has been limited by technical challenges, including how to practically harvest it. Researchers have designed a nano...

Jul 29, 2021

Machine-learning technique used to pinpoint quantum errors

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Researchers at the University of Sydney and quantum control startup Q-CTRL today announced a way to identify sources of error in quantum computers through machine learning, providing hardware developers the ability to pinpoint performance degradat...

Jul 29, 2021

Spin-sonics: Acoustic wave gets the electrons spinning

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have succeeded in detecting the rolling movement of a nano-acoustic wave predicted by the famous physicist and Nobel prize-winner Lord Rayleigh in 1885.

Jul 29, 2021

Single-phase covalent organic frameworks membranes make CO2-selective separation possible

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A research group led by Prof. Yang Weishen and Dr. Peng Yuan from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) developed a novel strategy to fabricate single-phase CO2-selective covalent organic framewor...

Jul 29, 2021

Alternating magnetic field-responsive nano-platform developed for controlled pesticide release

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Pesticides play a key role in controlling weeds, pests, and diseases in modern agriculture to promote crop yield. As one of the most extensively used neonicotinoid insecticides, imidacloprid can effectively kill insects. However, such pesticides t...

Jul 29, 2021

Acoustoelectronic nanotweezers manoeuvre minute particles – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Hybrid nanotweezers can manipulate biological nanoparticles on a microscopic scale The post Acoustoelectronic nanotweezers manoeuvre minute particles appeared first on Physics World.

Jul 29, 2021

New Magnetic, Biodegradable Nanomaterials Could Aid Male Contraception

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In today’s world, women have various options for using long-term and reversible contraceptives, but a majority of the options for men are either single-use, namely condoms or hard to reverse, like vasectomies.

Jul 29, 2021

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