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New discovery brings analog spintronic devices closer

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The observation of nonlinearity in electron spin-related processes in graphene makes it easier to transport, manipulate and detect spins, as well as spin-to-charge conversion. It also allows analog operations such as amplitude modulation and spin ...

Dec 18, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Stevens creates entangled photons 100 times more efficiently than previously possible: Ultra-bright photon source brings scalable quantum photonics within reach

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Super-fast quantum computers and communication devices could revolutionize countless aspects of our lives -- but first, researchers need a fast, efficient source of the entangled pairs of photons such...

Dec 18, 2020

New discovery brings analogue spintronic devices closer

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

The observation of nonlinearity in electron spin-related processes in graphene makes it easier to transport, manipulate and detect spins, as well as spin-to-charge conversion. It also allows analogue operations such as amplitude modulation and spi...

Dec 18, 2020

New material system to convert and generate terahertz waves developed

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Terahertz light holds enormous potential for tomorrow's technologies. It might succeed 5G by enabling extremely fast mobile communications connections and wireless networks. The bottleneck in the transition from gigahertz to terahertz frequen...

Dec 18, 2020

Research team develops new material system to convert and generate terahertz waves

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

On the electromagnetic spectrum, terahertz light is located between infrared radiation and microwaves. It holds enormous potential for tomorrow's technologies: Among other things, it might succeed 5G by enabling extremely fast mobile communic...

Dec 18, 2020

Building safer medical devices with innovative protective nanoparticle coating

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Every year, over a million people develop health care-acquired infections during their hospital stays. And around 100,000 of them die from those complications.

Dec 18, 2020

New Nanomaterial from Silk of Gorse Spider Mite has Biomedical Properties

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An international team of researchers has developed a new nanomaterial from the silk produced by the Tetranychus lintearius mite. This nanomaterial has the ability to penetrate human cells without...

Dec 18, 2020

Tuning nanomaterials at the atomic scale could transform clean energy technology

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Using an innovative chemical strategy, a team of researchers have produced a new form of catalyst using the elements cobalt and titanium. The advantage of these elements is that they are much more abundant in nature than other commonly used cataly...

Dec 18, 2020

Ultra-fast gas flows through tiniest holes in 2D membranes

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Researchers from the National Graphene Institute at the University of Manchester and the University of Pennsylvania have identified ultra-fast gas flows through the tiniest holes in one-atom-thin membranes, in a study published in Science Advances .

Dec 18, 2020

Nanotechnology -- nanoparticles as weapons against cancer

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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers have developed a novel type of nanoparticle that efficiently and selectively kills cancer cells, thus opening up new therapeutic options for the treatment of tumors.

Dec 18, 2020

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