Scientists at the Institute of Physics of the University of Tartu have found a way to develop optical quantum computers of a new type. Central to the discovery are rare earth ions that have certain characteristics and can act as quantum bits. Thes...
Jan 15, 2021
Single-wall carbon materials come in no fewer than 466 different hues – a finding that could benefit electrochromic displays and solar panels The post Nanotubes show their true colours appeared first on Physics World.
Jan 15, 2021
For about one in 13 children in the U.S., normally harmless foodstuffs such as milk, eggs and peanuts can send the body's natural defenses into overdrive.
Jan 15, 2021
Scientists develop approach that enables immune system to tolerate allergens.
Jan 15, 2021
At Washington University in St. Louis, a group of physicists has found ways to add electrical charge locally to an atomically thin graphene device by adding multiple layers of flakes of another thin...
Jan 15, 2021
Since the earliest microscopes, scientists have been on a quest to build instruments with finer and finer resolution to image a cell's proteins - the tiny machines that keep cells, and us,...
Jan 15, 2021
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania have identified ionizable lipid nanoparticles that could be used to deliver mRNA as part of fetal therapy.
Jan 15, 2021
By combining synthetic polymers and natural materials it is possible to increase the range of characteristics that might be fabricated using 3-D printing of components, according to research published in the International Journal of Nano and Bioma...
Jan 15, 2021
Scientists synthetized a new material based on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) for supercapacitors, energy storage devices. The rGO modification method with the use of organic molecules, derivatives of hypervalent iodine, allowed obtaining a material...
Jan 15, 2021
The SARS-CoV-2 virus that is causing the COVID-19 pandemic is just one of many different viruses in the coronavirus family. Many of these are circulating in populations of animals like bats and have the potential to “jump” into the human populatio...
Jan 15, 2021
