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"Nano-velcro" enhanced carbon rims withstand a pounding in MTB racing

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Few things punish bicycle wheels harder than world championship-level downhill mountain bike racing, so France's Nawa Technologies has signed up with a top-level downhill team to prove the strength of its nanotube-reinforced carbon fiber.

Jul 1, 2021

CELLINK Will Acquire Hybrid Microscopy Developer Discover Echo

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Bioconvergence company CELLINK has entered an agreement to acquire Discover Echo Inc., a San Diego-based microscopy and imaging company. The acquisition is CELLINK’s third since mid-May, when it announced on consecutive days that it had acquired N...

Jul 1, 2021

Researchers develop quantum dot smartphone device to diagnose and track COVID-19

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the Donnelly Centre in collaboration with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Public Health Ontario, and Mt. Sinai Hospital have engineered a diagnostic test that makes use of a smartphone camera to surveil and track COVID-19 patients.

Jul 1, 2021

Stretching changes the electronic properties of graphene

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

The electronic properties of graphene can be specifically modified by stretching the material evenly, say researchers at the University of Basel. These results open the door to the development of new types of electronic components.

Jul 1, 2021

Study provides renewed hope for treating Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

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Nanosized molecules of a particular chemical element can inhibit the formation of plaque in the brain tissues. This new discovery by researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, in collaboration with researchers in Croatia and Lithuania, provides renew...

Jul 1, 2021

Discovery of nanosized molecules that might inhibit Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanosized molecules of a particular chemical element can inhibit the formation of plaque in the brain tissues. This new discovery by researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, in collaboration with researchers in Croatia and Lithuania, provides renew...

Jul 1, 2021

In a supramolecular realm: Advances in intracellular spaces with de novo designed peptide

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have set out to harness the potential of self-assembling peptides (SAPs) in intracellular spaces. They present a de novo designed peptide, Y15, which displays a strong tendency to assemble i...

Jul 1, 2021

Unfinding a split electron

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Scientists from the Nanoelectronics group at the Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria were looking for half an electron as a basis for a quantum computer. Together with researchers from University of Copenhagen and the Spanish Nationa...

Jul 1, 2021

Missing Piece Discovered in the Puzzle of Optical Quantum Computing

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

An efficient two-bit quantum logic gate has been out of reach, until now. Research from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St.... The post Missing Piece Discovered in the Puzzle of Optical Quantum Computing appeared fi...

Jun 30, 2021

New gate optimization strategy could boost efficiency in trapped-ion quantum computers – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Protocol for performing two-qubit entangling gates trades laser power for speed with little loss of fidelity The post New gate optimization strategy could boost efficiency in trapped-ion quantum computers appeared first on Physics World.

Jun 30, 2021

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