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Astronomers May Have Spotted a Nanoflare on the Sun – First Predicted 48 Years Ago to Solve a Major Mystery

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Researchers may have found the long-sought “nanoflares” thought to heat the solar corona to its incredible temperatures. A new study published in Nature Astronomy marks... The post Astronomers May Have Spotted a Nanoflare on the Sun – First Predi...

Dec 25, 2020

Tiny Quantum Computer Solves Real Logistics Optimization Problem

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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have now shown that they can solve a small part of a real logistics problem with their small,... The post Tiny Quantum Computer Solves Real Logistics Optimization Problem appeared first on...

Dec 25, 2020

Scientists Chemically Age Quantum Dots in a Test Tube

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Researchers from MIPT and the RAS Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics have proposed a simple and convenient way to obtain arbitrarily sized quantum dots... The post Scientists Chemically Age Quantum Dots in a Test Tube appeared first on Sci...

Dec 25, 2020

Quantum nanodevice can be both a heat engine and a fridge at the same time

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The device is one of the first to test how quantum effects, which govern the behavior of particles on the smallest scale, might one day be exploited to enhance the performance of nanotechnologies.

Dec 25, 2020

Mathematical Formulas Describe Physical Phenomenon in Quantum Dots, Other Nanomaterials

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Theoretical physicists Yoshimichi Teratani and Akira Oguri of Osaka City University, and Rui Sakano of the University of Tokyo have developed mathematical formulas that describe a physical phenomenon...

Dec 24, 2020

Researchers use Chemical Vapor Deposition to Create Self-Assembled Nanowires

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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered a way to make self-assembled nanowires of transition metal chalcogenides at scale using chemical vapor deposition. By changing the...

Dec 24, 2020

Controlling the magnetic properties of complex oxide systems

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The study of complex oxides of iron to create new functional materials is one of the most intensely developing fields of investigation for SUSU scientists. The physical properties of complex iron oxide systems can be varied by changing the chemica...

Dec 24, 2020

Atomic-scale nanowires can now be produced at scale

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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered a way to make self-assembled nanowires of transition metal chalcogenides at scale using chemical vapor deposition. By changing the substrate where the wires form, they can tune how the...

Dec 24, 2020

Atomic-scale nanowires can now be produced at scale

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Researchers have discovered a way to make self-assembled nanowires of transition metal chalcogenides at scale using chemical vapor deposition. By changing the substrate where the wires form, they can tune how these wires are arranged, from aligned...

Dec 24, 2020

Researchers review future directions of nanomedicine development

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Announcing a new publication for BIO Integration journal. In this commentary the authors Phei Er Saw and Sangyong Jon from Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea, conside...

Dec 24, 2020

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