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SMART researchers engineer a plant-based sensor to monitor arsenic levels in soil

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Nanoscale devices integrated into the leaves of living plants can detect the toxic heavy metal in real time.

Dec 13, 2020

Eye Treatment Stretches Mouse Sight Beyond Visible Spectrum

Scientific American   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanoparticles that attach to photoreceptors allowed mice to see infrared and near-infrared light for up to two months. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Dec 12, 2020

Atom-thin transistor uses half the voltage of common semiconductors, boosts current density

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

University at Buffalo researchers is reporting a new, two-dimensional transistor made of graphene and the compound molybdenum disulfide

Dec 12, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: In new step toward quantum tech, scientists synthesize 'bright' quantum bits: Innovative step by Northwestern, UChicago scientists could boost computing, sensing

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

With their ability to harness the strange powers of quantum mechanics, qubits are the basis for potentially world-changing technologies--like powerful new types of computers or ultra-precise sensors.

Dec 11, 2020

Explained: Quantum engineering

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum computers could usher in a golden age of computing power, solving problems intractable on today’s machines. Since

Dec 11, 2020

Bristol researchers publish significant step toward quantum advantage

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from the University of Bristol and quantum start-up, Phasecraft, have advanced quantum computing research, bringing practical hybrid

Dec 11, 2020

Nanosensors embedded in living plants detect arsenic

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a living plant-based sensor that can in real-time detect and monitor levels of arsenic, a highly toxic heavy metal, in the soil.

Dec 11, 2020

Near-atomic-scale analysis of frozen water

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Advances in transmission electron microscopy (TEM) can allow cryo-imaging of biological and biochemical systems in liquid form, however, such approaches do not possess advanced analytical capabilities. In a new report now published on Science Adva...

Dec 11, 2020

Trapping nanoparticles with optical tweezers

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers demonstrate a novel tweezer design, which enabled them to trap fluorescent particles just 200 nanometers across for the first time.

Dec 11, 2020

Controlling multiple wavelengths of light from a single source

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have synthesized a collection of nanoparticles, known as carbon dots, capable of emitting multiple wavelengths of light from a single particle. Additionally, the team discovered that the dispersion of the carbon dots, or the interparti...

Dec 11, 2020

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