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Llama 'nanobodies' could hold key to preventing deadly post-transplant infection

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Scientists have developed a 'nanobody' - a small fragment of a llama antibody - that is capable of chasing out human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) as it hides away from the immune system. This then enables immune cells to seek out and destroy t...

Jul 22, 2021

Highly programmable quantum simulator operates with up to 256 qubits – Physics World

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The system is a key step forward in the race to design larger, more reliable quantum computers The post Highly programmable quantum simulator operates with up to 256 qubits appeared first on Physics World.

Jul 22, 2021

Zero-Dimensional Molecular Sieve Membranes Could Enhance Separation Selectivity of Gases

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Classical molecular sieve membranes, with 3D microparticles and 2D nanosheets as primary building blocks, are promising in chemical separation. Separation within such membranes relies on molecular...

Jul 22, 2021

Scientists Use Nanoparticles as Heaters to Control Electrical Activity of Neurons

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Nanomaterials have been used in a variety of emerging applications, such as in targeted pharmaceuticals or to bolster other materials and products such as sensors and energy harvesting and storage devices. A team in the McKelvey School of Engineer...

Jul 22, 2021

Llama 'nanobodies' could hold key to preventing deadly post-transplant infection

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Scientists have developed a "nanobody"—a small fragment of a llama antibody—that is capable of chasing out human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) as it hides away from the immune system. This then enables immune cells to seek out and destroy this ...

Jul 22, 2021

Researchers Use Nanofibers to Develop Small, Real-Time Bad-Breath Analyzer

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No one wants bad breath -- not when visiting friends and family, at a job interview, and especially not on a first date. Smelly breath can make things awkward, but it also is a natural warning sign, indicating that serious dental issues are occurr...

Jul 22, 2021

Nanostructures Enable Record-Breaking Conversion of Laser Pulses into High-Harmonic Generation

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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 and studying physical processes that occur ...

Jul 22, 2021

Nanoparticles Used as Heaters to Manipulate Neuron's Electrical Activity

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Researchers are presently using nanoparticles as heaters, to control the neurons' electrical activity in the brain, and of cardiomyocytes in the heart.

Jul 22, 2021

New quantum research gives insights into how quantum light can be mastered

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A team of scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory propose that modulated quantum metasurfaces can control all properties of photonic qubits, a breakthrough that could impact the fields of quantum information, communications, sensing and imagi...

Jul 22, 2021

'Magic-Angle' Graphene Discovered to Have a Very Rare Form of Superconductivity

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Geometry is everything.

Jul 22, 2021

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