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Scientists first to simulate a large-scale virus, M13

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Atomistic simulations are a powerful tool to study the movement and interactions of atoms and molecules. In many biological processes, large-scale effects, for example, assembly of large viruses to nanoparticles are important. The assembly process...

Dec 17, 2020

Ultra-thin designer materials unlock quantum phenomena

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A team of theoretical and experimental physicists have designed a new ultra-thin material that they have used to create elusive quantum states. Called one-dimensional Majorana zero energy modes, these quantum states could have a huge impact for qu...

Dec 17, 2020

Tiny quantum computer solves real optimization problem

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Quantum computers have already managed to surpass ordinary computers in solving certain tasks - unfortunately, totally useless ones. The next milestone is to get them to do useful things. Researchers have now shown that they can solve a small part...

Dec 17, 2020

Organic molecules on a metal surface... a machinist's best friend

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Innovators are working on technologies to make it easier to cut metals. The researchers found, using organic monolayer films created by molecular self-assembly, that the molecule chain length and its adsorption to the metal surface are key to real...

Dec 17, 2020

Determining the slenderization of wood pulp

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Researchers from the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research at Osaka University have devised a new method to determine the degree of fibrillation in wood pulp. By taking advantage of the intrinsic optical birefringence of cellulose, they ...

Dec 17, 2020

Researchers Modify the Properties of Graphene for Use in Electronics

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An international research team involving Professor Federico Rosei of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has demonstrated a novel process to modify the structure and properties...

Dec 17, 2020

Scientists discover insulator-to-semiconductor transition in fluorescent carbon quantum dots

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Recently, researchers led by Prof. XU Wen from the Institute of Solid State Physics of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), along with their collaborators from the Southwest University in Chongqing, applied the Terahertz time domain s...

Dec 17, 2020

Study Helps Understand How Light and Matter Interact at the Nanoscale

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A group of researchers has now resolved the longstanding question of how electrons move collectively as a group within cylindrical nanoparticles. A pair of cylindrical gold nanoparticles, where the...

Dec 17, 2020

Chemists used crab shells to improve palladium catalysts

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Chemists from RUDN University synthesized soluble biopolymers based on chitin from crab shells. Together with palladium, they form effective catalysts for organic reactions, and their nanoparticles can be re-used over ten times. Palladium-based c...

Dec 17, 2020

Natural Nanodiamonds in Oceanic Rocks – Formed Through Low Pressure and Temperature Geological Processes

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Natural diamonds can form through low pressure and temperature geological processes on Earth, as stated in an article published in the journal Geochemical Perspectives Letters.... The post Natural Nanodiamonds in Oceanic Rocks – Formed Through Lo...

Dec 17, 2020

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