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Single-qubit sensing puts new spin on quantum materials discovery

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers developed a method to measure rapid magnetic changes, aiding advances in computing and quantum technology by improving material understanding.

Mar 4, 2025

Universal Matter GBR and Tarmac use graphene additive on a public road in the UK

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Universal Matter GBR has collaborated with Tarmac, the UK's largest road construction firm, and Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council to use the Genable™ Pavement additive road surface in the UK's North East. The innovative material, wh...

Mar 4, 2025

AI 'lights up' nanoparticles, revealing hidden atomic dynamics

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of scientists have developed a method to illuminate the dynamic behavior of nanoparticles, which are foundational components in the creation of pharmaceuticals, electronics, and industrial and energy-conversion materials. The advance, repor...

Mar 3, 2025

Graphene production technique offers green alternative to graphite mining

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Researchers in Sweden report a green alternative to reduce reliance on mining graphite, the raw source behind the "wonder material" graphene. In the journal Small, researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology say they have developed ...

Mar 3, 2025

Germanene nanoribbons pave the way for quantum computing

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

If you start with a two-dimensional ribbon and make it narrower and narrower, when does it stop being a ribbon and start being a one-dimensional line? Scientists from Utrecht University and the University of Twente made one-atom-thick ultrathin na...

Mar 3, 2025

Vortion, a new magnetic state able to mimic neuronal synapses

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Researchers from the Department of Physics have managed to experimentally develop a new magnetic state: a magneto-ionic vortex or "vortion." The research, published in Nature Communications, allows for an unprecedented level of control o...

Mar 3, 2025

Chiral organometallic nanosheets offer room-temperature multiferroicity and topological features

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Recently, a research team found a way to design a class of homochiral organometallic nanosheets that exhibit room-temperature multiferroic and topological nodes. Their study is published in Nano Letters.

Mar 3, 2025

Antiferromagnetic neuromorphic memory: New spintronic device achieves brain-like memory and processing

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A research team led by Prof. Long Shibing from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has, for the first time, made spintronic neuromorphic devices based on CoO/Pt heterostructure. The stu...

Mar 3, 2025

Extracellular vesicles that guide zebrafish embryonic development may have potential for human medicine

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During the first 72 hours in particular, extracellular vesicles—nanoparticles enclosed in cell membranes—play a significant role in the embryonic development of zebrafish.

Mar 3, 2025

Nanoscale material illuminates cancer cells in freezing conditions for precise cryosurgery

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Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) have developed an innovative tool that enhances surgeons' ability to detect and remove cancer cells during cryosurgery, a procedure that uses extreme cold to destroy tumors. This breakthrough technology in...

Mar 3, 2025

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