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Scientists create flexible biocompatible cilia that can be controlled by a magnet

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Researchers at the University of Campinas's Chemistry Institute (IQ-UNICAMP) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, have developed a template-free technique to fabricate cilia of different sizes that mimic biological functions and have multiple a...

Feb 9, 2021

Quantum computing enables simulations to unravel mysteries of magnetic materials

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A multi-institutional team became the first to generate accurate results from materials science simulations on a quantum computer that can be verified with neutron scattering experiments and other practical techniques.

Feb 9, 2021

Ultra Low Energy Computer Memory for AI Learning in Medical and Other Applications | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

The CEA-Leti-based team’s uses machine learning on RRAM to get 100,000 times less energy usage. They use randomness instead of trying to prevent it. This allows in-situ learning to be realized in a highly efficient fashion through the application ...

Feb 9, 2021

Quantum computing enables simulations to unravel mysteries of magnetic materials

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A multi-institutional team became the first to generate accurate results from materials science simulations on a quantum computer that can be verified with neutron scattering experiments and other practical techniques.

Feb 9, 2021

A new modifier increases the efficiency of perovskite solar cells

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The research team of NUST MISIS has presented an improved structure of perovskite solar cells. Scientists have modified perovskite-based solar cells using MXenes—thin two-dimensional titanium carbides with high electrical conductivity. The MXenes-...

Feb 9, 2021

Biomaterials and nanotechnology could mean better vaccines, virus-fighting surfaces

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists are working toward advances that, using nanotechnology, could lead to a hospital bed or doorknob that naturally destroys viruses.

Feb 9, 2021

Study sheds light on dangerous nanomaterials lurking in our consumer products

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Our consumer products, such as food, cosmetics and clothes, might be filled with nanomaterials - unbeknownst to us.

Feb 9, 2021

Hot nano-chisel used to create artificial bones in a Petri dish

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Scientists detail a system allowing them to sculpt, in a biocompatible material, the exact structure of the bone tissue, with features smaller than the size of a single protein -- a billion times smaller than a meter.

Feb 9, 2021

Design of a nanometric structure that improves solar cell efficiency

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

This new design is based on a “metasurface”, in other words a surface made up of small structures

Feb 9, 2021

Biomaterials could mean better vaccines, virus-fighting surfaces: Scientists are working toward advances that, using nanotechnology, could lead to a hospital bed or doorknob that naturally destroys viruses

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Advances in the fields of biomaterials and nanotechnology could lead to big breakthroughs in the fight against dangerous viruses like the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Researchers describe possibilities being explored by scientists, comb...

Feb 9, 2021

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