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Materials advances are key to development of quantum hardware

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A new paper in the journal Science co-authored by Princeton University engineering professor Nathalie de Leon, IBM Quantum scientist Hanhee Paik and researchers from around the world argues that the ability to move forward on developing useful qua...

Apr 19, 2021

DNA robots designed in minutes instead of days

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Someday, scientists believe, tiny DNA-based robots and other nanodevices will deliver medicine inside our bodies, detect the presence of deadly pathogens, and help manufacture increasingly smaller electronics.Researchers took a big step toward tha...

Apr 19, 2021

Cotton wool proves effective in separating single-wall carbon nanotubes

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The project was kickstarted in 2017 when a delegation of YTC America (subsidiary of Yazaki Corporation) visited Kazan Federal University. During the talks, YTC suggested that KFU participate in developing effective methods of separating single-wal...

Apr 19, 2021

MicroMesh: a microscopic polymeric network to attack glioblastoma multiforme

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MicroMESH is a new nanomedicine device capable to conform around the surface of tumor masses and efficiently deliver drugs. It is made of micrometric thick polymeric fibers which are very flexible and are arranged to form regular openings, which a...

Apr 19, 2021

Technology Breakthrough Enables Practical Semiconductor Spintronics

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It may be possible in the future to use information technology where electron spin is used to process information in quantum computers. It has long been the goal of scientists to be able to use spin-based quantum information technology at room tem...

Apr 18, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: New nanoscale device for spin technology: Spin waves could unlock the next generation of computer technology, a new component allows physicists to control them

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Researchers at Aalto University have developed a new device for spintronics. The results have been published in the journal Nature Communications, and mark a step towards the goal of using spintronics...

Apr 17, 2021

Copper nanowire foams filter tiny airborne particles – Physics World

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Copper nanowires that have been transformed into a foam can filter submicron-sized airborne particles with over 96.6% efficiency. The material, which is lightweight, resistant to chemicals and easy to clean, reuse and recycle, could be used in fac...

Apr 17, 2021

Centrifugal Multispun Nanofibers Put an Effective New Spin on COVID-19 Masks

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KAIST researchers have developed a novel nanofiber production technique called ‘centrifugal multispinning’ that will open the door for the safe and cost-effective mass production of... The post Centrifugal Multispun Nanofibers Put an Effective Ne...

Apr 16, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Better metric for thermoelectric materials means better design strategies: New quantity helps experimentally classify dimensionality of thermoelectric materials

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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have shown that a quantity known as "thermoelectric conductivity" is an effective measure for the dimensionality of newly developed thermoelectric nanoma...

Apr 16, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Better metric for thermoelectric materials means better design strategies: New quantity helps experimentally classify dimensionality of thermoelectric materials

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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have shown that a quantity known as "thermoelectric conductivity" is an effective measure for the dimensionality of newly developed thermoelectric nanoma...

Apr 16, 2021

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