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
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
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
We all know that it takes advanced nanometer-scale electronics to build something similar to a CPU, or Central
Jul 28, 2021
Cornell researchers have developed nanostructures that enable record-breaking conversion of laser pulses into high-harmonic generation, paving the way for new scientific tools for high-resolution imaging... The post Nanostructures Enable Record H...
Jul 28, 2021
When it comes to contraceptives, men typically have to remember to use a condom, or get a difficult-to-reverse vasectomy. There may soon be a new option, however, in the form of injected particles that are magnetically guided to the testes.Continu...
Jul 28, 2021
Scientists from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw have demonstrated exciton-polariton lasing and parametric scattering of exciton-polaritons in a system of coupled optical microcavities. The results have been published in the pres...
Jul 28, 2021
Shielding and design changes needed to prevent hard-to-correct qubit errors The post Cosmic-ray threat to quantum computing greater than previously thought appeared first on Physics World.
Jul 28, 2021
When molecules are excited, they can give rise to a variety of energy conversion phenomena, such as light emission and photoelectric or photochemical conversion. To unlock new energy conversion functions in organic materials, researchers should be...
Jul 28, 2021
Women have several choices for long-lasting, reversible contraceptives, but most options for men are either single-use, such as condoms, or difficult to reverse, like vasectomies. Now, in a step toward a safe, long-lasting and reversible male cont...
Jul 28, 2021
