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Quantum dot array could make ultralow-energy switches – Physics World

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Researchers observe non-linear effect in a new kind of hybrid semiconductor The post Quantum dot array could make ultra-low energy switches appeared first on Physics World.

Apr 8, 2021

Glass nanopore pulls DNA like spaghetti through a needle

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DNA sequencing has become so common, few realize how hard it is to even extract a single molecule

Apr 8, 2021

Old Tires Turned Into Graphene That Makes Stronger Concrete

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Rice University lab’s optimized flash process could reduce carbon emissions. This could be where the rubber truly hits the road. Rice University scientists have optimized... The post Old Tires Turned Into Graphene That Makes Stronger Concrete app...

Apr 8, 2021

Experimental oral pills auto-release insulin when glucose levels are high

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Daily injections of insulin are a hassle for the hundreds of millions of people with diabetes. An oral pill would be much easier to swallow (pun intended), and now researchers from New York University Abu Dhabi have developed a new method for pack...

Apr 8, 2021

Progress to Ultralight 16 Square Meter Nanocrystal Solar Sails for Breakthrough Starshot | NextBigFuture.com

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Breakthrough Starship wants to use a 100 Gigawatt laser array to push an ultralight 4 meter X 4 meter nanocrystal solar sail. StarChip is the name used by Breakthrough Initiatives for a very small, centimeter-sized, gram-scale, interstellar spacec...

Apr 8, 2021

Energy transmission by gold nanoparticles coupled to DNA structures

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Using DNA structures as scaffolds, Tim Liedl, a scientist of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich, has shown that precisely positioned gold nanoparticles can serve as efficient energy transmitters.

Apr 8, 2021

Graphene: Everything under control

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In a new study, a team of researchers from Germany and Spain demonstrates that graphene's nonlinearity can be very efficiently controlled by applying comparatively modest electrical voltages to the material. The findings have been published i...

Apr 8, 2021

A new agent for the brain diseases: mRNA

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Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) researchers prepared a nanomicelle delivery system to transport BDNF mRNA to the site of ischemic injury. The nanomicelle successfully produced BDNF and prevented the death of neurons when dosed 2 days af...

Apr 8, 2021

The spintronics technology revolution could be just a hopfion away

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A research team co-led by Berkeley Lab has created and observed quasiparticles called 3D hopfions at the nanoscale (billionths of a meter) in a magnetic system. The discovery could advance high-density, high-speed, low-power, yet ultrastable magne...

Apr 8, 2021

Surprising Entropy Measurements Reveal Exotic Effect in “Magic-Angle” Graphene

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Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology discover a surprising phase transition in twisted bilayer graphene. Most materials go... The post Surprising Entropy Measurements Reveal Exotic Effect ...

Apr 7, 2021

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