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Study shows promise of quantum computing using factory-made silicon chips: A single qubit on a standard silicon transistor chip has been successfully demonstrated as

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For the study, researchers were able to isolate and measure the quantum state of a single electron (the qubit) in a silicon transistor manufactured using a 'CMOS' technology similar to that used to make chips in computer processors.

Mar 31, 2021

Study shows promise of quantum computing using factory-made silicon chips

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The qubit is the building block of quantum computing, analogous to the bit in classical computers. To perform error-free calculations, quantum computers of the future are likely to need at least millions of qubits. The latest study, published in t...

Mar 31, 2021

Modeling the behavior of 2D materials under pressure

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Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology (CEST) have developed a method for modeling the behavior of 2D materials under pressure. The research will help create pressure sensors based on silicene or other 2D materials. ...

Mar 31, 2021

Kirigami-style fabrication may enable new 3D nanostructures

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A new technique that mimics the ancient Japanese art of kirigami may offer an easier way to fabricate complex 3D nanostructures for use in electronics, manufacturing and health care.

Mar 31, 2021

Curved plasmonic fluxes reveal new way to practical light manipulation within nanoscal

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Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University jointly with Russian colleagues and researchers from Technical University of Denmark the first time have experimentally proved the existence of a two-dimensional (2D) curved flux of plasmonic quasiparti...

Mar 31, 2021

New Peptide-Conjugated Virus Nanoparticles Could Combat Gram-Negative Bacteria

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers from China have recently leveraged a new approach to improve the activity of peptides against Gram-negative bacteria efficiently through the conjugation of the peptides onto a rod-like...

Mar 31, 2021

Lasers Move Diamond Nanoparticles into Bio Applications

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Scientists from Hokkaido University, Osaka Prefecture University, and Osaka University showed the ability to use laser beams of different wavelengths, and from opposing directions, to move diamond nanoparticles that are roughly 50 nm in size in a ...

Mar 31, 2021

Gold Nanoparticle Plasmon Coupling Illuminates Thermal Sensing Possibilities

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Researchers from North Carolina State University have described a method for achieving desirable optical properties by stretching shape-memory polymers embedded with gold nanoparticle clusters so as to alter their plasmon-coupling capabilities. Th...

Mar 31, 2021

Researchers Convert Tires Into Graphene, Reinforcing Concrete

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Researchers have devised a new process that efficiently converts waste from rubber tires into graphene, which in turn could be used to reinforce concrete.

Mar 31, 2021

Creation of 3D organoid models to fine-tune radiation dose for nasopharyngeal cancer

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A*STAR's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has teamed up with the Singapore Institute of Advanced Medicine Holdings Pte Ltd (SIAMH) to establish the first of its kind in-vitro patient-derived 3D organoid models of Nasophary...

Mar 31, 2021

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