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New technology allows more precise view of the smallest nanoparticles

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Scientists have reported a new optical imaging technology, using a glass side covered with gold nanodiscs that allows them to monitor changes in the transmission of light and determine the characteristics of nanoparticles as small as 25 nanometers...

Nov 16, 2020

No losses: Scientists stuff graphene with light

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Physicists from MIPT and Vladimir State University, Russia, have achieved a nearly 90% efficiency converting light energy into surface waves on graphene. They relied on a laser-like energy conversion scheme and collective resonances.

Nov 16, 2020

Cancer metastasis: From problem to opportunity

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When cancer metastasizes, it often ends up in the lungs, where the new tumors unleash a cascade of chemical cues that thwart the body's immune response. A team of researchers from the Wyss Institute has created a new approach that attacks met...

Nov 16, 2020

Laser Writing Breathes Life Into High-Performance Sensing Platforms

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A simple method developed at KAUST uses laser beams to create graphene electrodes that have better performance than those produced through older methods. Electrodes consisting... The post Laser Writing Breathes Life Into High-Performance Sensing ...

Nov 15, 2020

New Circuit Compression Technique Could Deliver Real-World Quantum Computers Years Ahead of Schedule

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A major technical challenge for any practical, real-world quantum computer comes from the need for a large number of physical qubits to deal with errors... The post New Circuit Compression Technique Could Deliver Real-World Quantum Computers Year...

Nov 15, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Smaller than Ever�Exploring the Unusual Properties of Quantum-sized Materials

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Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) synthesize sub-nanometer particles with precisely controlled proportions of indium and tin using specific macromolecular templates called dendr...

Nov 14, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Manchester group discover new family of quasiparticles in graphene-based materials: Findings to help achieve Holy Grail of 2D materials - superfast electronic devices

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A group of researchers led by Sir Andre Geim and Dr Alexey Berdyugin at The University of Manchester have discovered and characterised a new family of quasiparticles named 'Brown-Zak fermions' in grap...

Nov 14, 2020

A Coda to the C60 in Olive Oil Saga

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The matter of buckminsterfullerene (C60) in olive oil is an instructive example of how bad work can lead

Nov 14, 2020

CCNY team in quantum algorithm breakthrough

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Researchers led by City College of New York physicist Pouyan Ghaemi report the development of a quantum algorithm with the potential to study a class of many-electron quantums system using quantum computers. Their paper, entitled "Creating an...

Nov 13, 2020

Plasmonic Nanomotors Move in New Directions

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Nanomotors achieve a versatility and level of control that could open up lab-on-a-chip applications

Nov 13, 2020

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