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Improving Photoluminescence in Silicon Boosts PIC Performance

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Researchers in Russia have increased photoluminescence (PL) in silicon using germanium quantum dots and a specially designed silicon photonic crystal. Developed by scientists from Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), Institute ...

Jun 17, 2021

Graphene ‘camera’ captures real-time electrical activity of beating heart

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Bay Area scientists have captured the real-time electrical activity of a beating heart, using a sheet of graphene

Jun 17, 2021

"Graphene camera" images the electric field of a beating heart

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Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, (UC Berkeley) have demonstrated yet another use for the ever-versatile wonder material graphene, using it as the basis for an advanced sensor that can image electrical signals from living cells...

Jun 17, 2021

Changing a 2D material's symmetry can unlock its promise

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In research published today in Nature Nanotechnology, a team of materials scientists and engineers, led by Jian Shi, an associate professor of materials science and engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, used a strain gradient in order t...

Jun 17, 2021

'Nanodecoy' therapy binds and neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 virus

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Nanodecoys made from human lung spheroid cells (LSCs) can bind to and neutralize SARS-CoV-2, promoting viral clearance and reducing lung injury in a macaque model of COVID-19. By mimicking the receptor that the virus binds to rather than targeting...

Jun 17, 2021

University of Groningen scientists design superfast molecular motor

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Light-driven molecular motors have been around for over twenty years. These motors typically take microseconds to nanoseconds for one revolution. Thomas Jansen, associate professor of physics at the University of Groningen, and Master's stude...

Jun 17, 2021

Scientists achieve ultra-fast optical orbiting of nanoparticles at subdiffraction scale

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Recently, a team led by Prof. JIANG Yuqiang from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborating with researchers from the National University of Singapore, University of Electronic Science and...

Jun 17, 2021

"Wonder Material" Can Be Used to Detect COVID-19 Virus Quickly and Accurately

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Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have successfully used graphene — one of the strongest, thinnest known materials — to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus in laboratory experiments. The researchers say the discovery could be a breakthroug...

Jun 16, 2021

Researchers uncover unique properties of a promising new superconductor

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An international team of physicists led by the University of Minnesota has discovered that a unique superconducting metal is more resilient when used as a very thin layer. The research is the first step toward a larger goal of understanding unconv...

Jun 16, 2021

Graphene 'camera' captures real-time electrical activity of beating heart

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Bay Area scientists have captured the real-time electrical activity of a beating heart, using a sheet of graphene to record an optical image—almost like a video camera—of the faint electric fields generated by the rhythmic firing of the heart'...

Jun 16, 2021

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