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Animal-free method predicts nanoparticle toxicity for safer industrial materials

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Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München together with scientists across Europe developed a novel animal-free method to predict the toxic effect of nanoparticles to the human lung. The method aims to enable the safety-by-design development of safe...

Nov 24, 2020

Shining a light on nanoscale dynamics

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Watching metamaterials at work in real time using ultrafast electron diffraction: a research team led by University of Konstanz physicist Peter Baum succeeds in using ultrashort electron pulses to measure light-matter interactions in nanophotonic ...

Nov 24, 2020

Entangled erbium qubits are addressed individually in a crystal – Physics World

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Random shifts of optical properties could be exploited in quantum devices The post Entangled erbium qubits are addressed individually in a crystal appeared first on Physics World.

Nov 23, 2020

Nature's toolkit for killing viruses and bacteria: Engineers reveal how zinc oxide nanoneedles and droplet hydrodynamics can stop pathogens

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Engineers reveal how zinc oxide nanoneedles and droplet hydrodynamics can stop pathogens.

Nov 23, 2020

Direct visualization of quantum dots reveals shape of quantum wave function

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Trapping and controlling electrons in bilayer graphene quantum dots yields a promising platform for quantum information technologies. Researchers have now achieved the first direct visualization of quantum dots in bilayer graphene, revealing the s...

Nov 23, 2020

Carbon nanocomposites are now one step closer to practical industrial

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A research team from the Center for Design, Manufacturing and Materials at Skoltech has recently published a study focusing on multifunctional materials created through the addition of carbon nanoparticles to polymer matrices, designed to allow se...

Nov 23, 2020

Vibrational encounters—phonon polaritons meet molecules

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Researchers from CIC nanoGUNE BRTA (San Sebastian, Spain), in collaboration with the Donostia International Physics Center (San Sebastián, Spain) and the University of Oviedo (Spain) employed a spectroscopic nanoimaging technique to study how infr...

Nov 23, 2020

Direct visualization of quantum dots reveals shape of quantum wave function

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Researchers used a scanning tunneling microscope to visualize quantum dots in bilayer graphene, an important step toward quantum information technologies.

Nov 23, 2020

Self-diagnostic carbon nanocomposites

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Researchers have created multifunctional materials through the addition of carbon nanoparticles to polymer matrices, designed to allow self-diagnostic monitoring through an inexpensive technique.

Nov 23, 2020

Molecular spins show promise as quantum bits – Physics World

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Physicists and chemists team-up to create new materials for quantum computing The post Molecular spins show promise as quantum bits appeared first on Physics World.

Nov 23, 2020

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