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Better together: Scientists discover far-reaching applications of nanoparticles made of multiple elements

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An emerging type of alloy nanoparticle proves more stable, durable than single-element nanoparticles.

Jan 4, 2021

Highly efficient supercapacitors made with a sustainable graphene hybrid material

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The basis of the energy storage device is a novel, powerful and also sustainable graphene hybrid material that has comparable performance data to currently utilized batteries.

Jan 4, 2021

Spin-enhanced nanodiamonds could improve disease diagnosis – Physics World

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Fluorescent nanodiamonds can increase the sensitivity of paper-based medical diagnostic tests, potentially providing earlier detection of disease The post Spin-enhanced nanodiamonds could improve disease diagnosis appeared first on Physics World.

Jan 4, 2021

A Nanomechanical Approach for Stretching Microfabricated Diamonds

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Diamond is the hardest material in nature. But out of many expectations, it also has great potential as an excellent electronic material. A joint research team led by City University of Hong Kong...

Jan 4, 2021

New Nanoparticle Platform Could Help Treat Various Neurological Disorders

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Over the last few decades, scientists have established the biological pathways that cause neurodegenerative diseases and have created potential molecular agents to target these pathways. Yet, there...

Jan 4, 2021

Scientists stretch diamond to improve its electronic properties

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Diamond is a famously hard material, but now scientists at City University of Hong Kong have managed to stretch it further than ever before. Why? Stretching nanoscale samples changes their electronic and optical properties, which could open up a n...

Jan 4, 2021

Reading out qubits like toppling dominoes: a new scalable approach towards the quantum computer

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Creating a powerful, large-scale quantum computer depends on a clever design such that many qubits can be controlled and read out. Researchers have invented a new readout method that is an important step forward on the road towards such a large-sc...

Jan 4, 2021

High-fidelity, long-distance teleportation paves way for quantum internet

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A quantum internet would be much faster and more secure than the one you’re using right this second – and now such a network may be one step closer to reality. Scientists have used quantum teleportation to send information over long distances, wit...

Jan 4, 2021

Scientists discover how mother-of-pearl self-assembles into a perfect structure

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In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers from the B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering at TU Dresden and European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble describe, for the first time, that structural defects in sel...

Jan 4, 2021

Supercapacitors challenge batteries

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A team working with Roland Fischer, Professor of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry at the Technical University Munich (TUM) has developed a highly efficient supercapacitor. The basis of the energy storage device is a novel, powerful and also s...

Jan 4, 2021

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