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The FBI's phone for criminals included a custom version of Android

Engadget   -   General News Websites

The phones the FBI sold to crooks for a sting operation weren't just running a custom app — it appears the operating system was also tweaked for those goals. Motherboard has obtained one of the "Anom" phones (really, a modified Pixe...

Jul 10, 2021

Using Biodegradable Nanoparticles to Shut Down the Power Stations of Cancer Cells

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

New biodegradable nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy that enter cancer cells and ‘shut down’ their mitochondria power stations co-designed by TU/e researchers.

Jul 10, 2021

Unlocking radiation-free quantum technology with graphene

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Rare-earth compounds have fascinated researchers for decades due to the unique quantum properties they display, which have so

Jul 10, 2021

Harvard-MIT Quantum Computing Breakthrough – “We Are Entering a Completely New Part of the Quantum World”

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Team develops simulator with 256 qubits, largest of its kind ever created. A team of physicists from the Harvard-MIT Center for Ultracold Atoms and other universities... The post Harvard-MIT Quantum Computing Breakthrough – “We Are Entering a Com...

Jul 9, 2021

Nanoparticles Simplify Desalination: Simultaneously Removing Toxic Metals and Salt to Produce Clean Water

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Adding absorbent nanoparticles to polymer membranes simplifies desalination. University of California, Berkeley, chemists have discovered a way to simplify the removal of toxic metals. like... The post Nanoparticles Simplify Desalination: Simulta...

Jul 9, 2021

For the First Time, Scientists Detect a Moving Photon Multiple Times Without Destroying It

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

The act of detecting a photon typically destroys it. Now scientists have for the first time nondestructively detected a single traveling photon not just once, but multiple times. Such research could make future quantum communications networks and...

Jul 9, 2021

Seeing with radio waves

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists from the Division of Physics at the University of Tsukuba used the quantum effect called 'spin-locking' to significantly enhance the resolution when performing radio-frequency imaging of nitrogen-vacancy defects in diamond. Th...

Jul 9, 2021

Seeing with radio waves

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have achieved micrometer spatial resolution for radio-frequency imaging of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond by enhancing the signal with quantum spin-locking. This work may lead to more accurate material characterization, medical di...

Jul 9, 2021

Physicists take big step in race to quantum computing: Team develops simulator with 256 qubits, largest of its kind ever created

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A team of physicists has developed a special type of quantum computer known as a programmable quantum simulator capable of operating with 256 quantum bits, or 'qubits.'

Jul 9, 2021

Online library helps advance nanomaterial development

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

NMs have made their way into our lives and are helping to improve—even revolutionize—many industries. In the cosmetics industry, mineral nanoparticles help create sunscreens that provide improved protection from the sun's harmful rays. In spo...

Jul 9, 2021

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