Researchers from the University of Bonn demonstrated quantum entanglement between a stationary qubit and a photon with direct coupling to an optical fiber. The work represents a major step toward the realization of quantum networks and, from them,...
Mar 22, 2021
The snow may be melting, but it is leaving pollution behind in the form of micro- and nano-plastics according to a McGill study that was recently published in Environmental Pollution. The pollution is largely due to the relatively soluble plastic...
Mar 22, 2021
Scientists working with Stefan Hell at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen and the Heidelberg-based MPI for Medical Research have developed another light microscopy method, called MINSTED, which resolves fluoresc...
Mar 22, 2021
A nanobiomaterial called layered double hydroxide (LDH) has been shown to inhibit the inflammatory environment surrounding spinal cord injuries in mice, accelerating regeneration of neurons. An understanding of the process could allow development ...
Mar 22, 2021
Nanobiotechnologists at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have devised a programmable DNA self-assembly strategy that solves the key challenge of robust nucleation control and ...
Mar 22, 2021
A research team from University of New South Wales Canberra, The Australian National University, and Nottingham Trent University recently developed a robust recipe for finding high-Q modes in a single dielectric nanocavity, as reported in Advanced...
Mar 22, 2021
The persistent overuse of antibiotics has led to the evolution of antibiotic resistant pathogens, or "superbugs," which can cause severe life-threatening infections that must be diagnosed and treated early on. However, antibiotic sensiti...
Mar 22, 2021
One prospective source of renewable energy is hydrogen gas produced from water with the aid of sunlight. Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a material, nanoporous cubic silicon carbide, that exhibits promising properties t...
Mar 22, 2021
Osaka University researchers developed a system of self-assembling polymer microparticles with adjustable concentrations of two types of attached residues. They found that tuning the concentration of each type allowed them to control the aggregati...
Mar 22, 2021
Professor Jacob Biamonte, who heads the Laboratory for Quantum Information Processing at Skoltech, has filled in the gaps connecting quantum simulators with more traditional quantum computers, discovering a new computationally universal model of q...
Mar 22, 2021
