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Nanomotors Offer a Promising Solution for Biomedical and Environmental Applications

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new study has resolved one of the major barriers relating to the use of nanorobots driven by lipases—enzymes that play crucial roles in the digestion process by breaking down fats in foods to...

Oct 14, 2020

How capable are today’s quantum computers? – Physics World

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Exploring what the first quantum computers might achieve, plus a preview of Quantum 2020 The post How capable are today’s quantum computers? appeared first on Physics World.

Oct 14, 2020

VR, Superresolution Microscopy Take Scientists Inside Human Cells

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A joint development between University of Cambridge scientists and 3D image analysis software company Lume VR Ltd. is enabling the visualization of superresolution microscopy data — data that can be analyzed in 3D using VR. By applying the VR soft...

Oct 14, 2020

Refined Waveguide Quantum Electrodynamic Architecture Spurs Qubit Photon Generation

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By connecting superconducting quantum bits to a microwave transmission line, MIT researchers demonstrated how qubits can generate, on demand, photons needed to support communication between quantum processors. The demonstration is a step toward re...

Oct 14, 2020

Scientists turn pineapple waste into high-value aerogels

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A new process uses pineapple leaf fibres to create ultra-light, biodegradable aerogels. They are effective as oil absorbents and for heat and sound insulation. They also have potential applications in food preservation and wastewater treatment.

Oct 14, 2020

Simultaneous Detection, Sizing and Chemical Identification of Nanoplastic Mixtures

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Postnova Analytics has published an application note that describes the novel hyphenation of Centrifugal Field-Flow Fractionation (CF3) with UV, MALS and Raman detection and how it has enabled...

Oct 14, 2020

Scientists produce biodegradable nanocoating with antimicrobial and anti-reflective properties

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Scientists from Russia and Switzerland have probed into nanostructures covering the corneas of the eyes of small fruit flies. Investigating them the team learned how to produce the safe biodegradable nanocoating with antimicrobial, anti-reflective...

Oct 14, 2020

COVID-19 rapid test has successful lab results, research moves to next stages

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Rapid detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, in about 30 seconds following the test, has had successful preliminary results in Mano Misra's lab at the University of Nevada, Reno. The test uses a nanotube-based electrochemical biosensor, a similar...

Oct 14, 2020

Bringing a power tool from math into quantum computing

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The Fourier transform is a mathematical operation essential to virtually all fields of physics and engineering. Although there already exists an algorithm that computes the Fourier transform in quantum computers, it is not versatile enough for man...

Oct 14, 2020

Rare Form of Magnetism Unlocked by Stacking and Twisting Graphene

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Twisting a monolayer and a bilayer sheet of graphene into a three-layer structure leads to new quantum mechanical states. Since the discovery of graphene more... The post Rare Form of Magnetism Unlocked by Stacking and Twisting Graphene appeared ...

Oct 13, 2020

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