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Finding high-Q resonant modes in a dielectric nanocavity

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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

A sense for the unseen: Novel DNA sensor can rapidly detect antibiotic-resistant pathogens

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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

New porous material promising for making renewable energy from water

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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

Tunable smart materials

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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

Skoltech scientist bridges the gap between quantum simulators and quantum computers

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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

In-house mask testing for Revolution

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Machine is key to advancing the performance of Seta nanofibre filter media....

Mar 22, 2021

Changing the Silkworm’s Diet to Spin Silk 2x Stronger

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Tohoku University researchers have produced cellulose nanofiber (CNF) synthesized silk naturally through a simple tweak to silkworms’ diet. Mixing CNF with commercially available food and... The post Changing the Silkworm’s Diet to Spin Silk 2x S...

Mar 21, 2021

Whispers From the Dark Side: What Gravitational Waves Can Reveal About Dark Matter

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Scientists of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence analyze data from the gravitational wave observatory NANOGrav. The NANOGrav Collaboration recently captured the first signs of very... The post Whispers From the Dark Side: What Gravitational Waves ...

Mar 21, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: A new industry standard for batteries: ultra-clean facility for graphene nanotube dispersions

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OCSiAl has launched one of the worlds cleanest facilities for the production of graphene nanotube dispersions for lithium-ion batteries. The use of graphene nanotubes is currently the only cost-effec...

Mar 20, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Building tough 3D nanomaterials with DNA: Columbia Engineers use DNA nanotechnology to create highly resilient synthetic nanoparticle-based materials that can be processed through conventional nanofabrication methods

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Columbia Engineering researchers, working with Brookhaven National Laboratory, report today that they have built designed nanoparticle-based 3D materials that can withstand a vacuum, high temperatures...

Mar 20, 2021

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