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Elasticity to position microplates on curved 2D fluids: Research is a leap forward in the quest for flexible ultrathin materials

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A team of polymer science and engineering researchers has demonstrated for the first time that the positions of tiny, flat, solid objects integrated in nanometrically thin membranes - resembling those of biological cells - can be controlled by mec...

Apr 5, 2021

Research team discovers use of elasticity to position microplates on curved 2D fluids

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A team of polymer science and engineering researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has demonstrated for the first time that the positions of tiny, flat, solid objects integrated in nanometrically thin membranes—resembling those of bi...

Apr 5, 2021

Diamond-Based Quantum Accelerator Puts Qubits in a Server Rack

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Its makers envision this device growing to 50+ qubits and fitting aboard satellites, autonomous vehicles

Apr 5, 2021

Less than a nanometer thick, stronger and more versatile than steel

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Scientists report a breakthrough involving a material called borophane, a sheet of boron and hydrogen a mere two atoms in thickness.

Apr 5, 2021

DNA methylation from bacteria and microbiome using nanopore technology

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Bacterial DNA methylation occurs in diverse sequence contexts and plays important functional roles in cellular defense and gene regulation. An increasing number of studies have reported that bacterial DNA methylation has important roles affecting ...

Apr 5, 2021

Nonlinear wave mixing facilitates subwavelength imaging

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The diffraction limit, also known as the Abbe diffraction limit in optics, poses a great challenge in many systems that involve wave dynamics, such as imaging, astronomy, and photolithography. For example, the best optical microscope only possesse...

Apr 5, 2021

Researchers extend the life of a dipolar molecule: Static, long-lasting molecules are key to molecule-based quantum simulation and information processing

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Researchers lengthen the lifetime of a dipolar molecule to almost three and a half seconds, a luxury of time during which they maintained the full quantum control necessary for stable qubits, the building blocks for a wide variety of exciting quan...

Apr 5, 2021

Nanotechnologist has a passion for medicine and mentoring – Physics World

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Olivia Geneus is a PhD candidate in nanotechnology and co-founder of the Black in Nanotech initiative The post Nanotechnologist has a passion for medicine and mentoring appeared first on Physics World.

Apr 5, 2021

Superconductivity and quantum Hall effect coexist in novel nitride material – Physics World

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GaN/NbN heterostructure supports both phenomena – which are usually mutually exclusive – and is now a candidate for topological quantum computing The post Superconductivity and quantum Hall effect coexist in novel nitride material appeared first o...

Apr 5, 2021

Printed on a Chip, Living Laser Is an Adept Biosensor

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A standard inkjet printer is at the heart of a new method that Nanyang Technological University Singapore and China (NTU Singapore and China) developed for monitoring the sometimes subtle interactions between bacteria and antibiotics. The research...

Apr 5, 2021

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