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Engineers Create Helical Topological Exciton-Polaritons, a New Type of Quasiparticles with Applications in Quantum Computing

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Our understanding of quantum physics has involved the creation of a wide range of “quasiparticles.” These notional constructs

Oct 19, 2020

Researchers Detect Nanodiamonds in Fluid Inclusions of Oceanic Rock Samples

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

According to an article published in the Geochemical Perspectives Letters journal, low pressure and temperature geological processes that occur on Earth can promote the formation of natural diamonds....

Oct 19, 2020

Creating perfect edges in 2D-materials

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Ultrathin materials such as graphene promise a revolution in nanoscience and technology. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have now made an important advance within the field. In a recent paper in Nature Communications they...

Oct 19, 2020

New study shows how complex metabolism may have self-assembled from simple precursors

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Life as we know uses energy to reproduce itself. Organisms build and break down larger molecules using a common set of reactive intermediate energy carrier molecules. These carrier molecules help chaperone the reactions which build life's bio...

Oct 19, 2020

A trillion turns of light nets terahertz polarized bytes

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Nanophotonics researchers at Rice University, the Polytechnic University of Milan and the Italian Institute of Technology have demonstrated a novel technique for modulating light at terahertz frequencies with plasmonic metasurfaces.

Oct 19, 2020

Plant-Based Nanowire Spray Could Be Used to Improve N95 Mask Filters, Energy Harvesters

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Engineers invent way to spray extremely thin wires on 3D objects. Engineers have invented a way to spray extremely thin wires made of a plant-based... The post Plant-Based Nanowire Spray Could Be Used to Improve N95 Mask Filters, Energy Harvester...

Oct 18, 2020

Researchers design a molecule to implement a quantum error correction code

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

One of the challenges in implementing quantum computing is the protection of quantum states that code the information of errors caused by their interaction with the environment. A solution consists on introducing error protection codes. Scientists...

Oct 18, 2020

Graphene Reveals a Super-Rare Form of Magnetism When 3 Layers Combine Together

ScienceAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

The Triforce is real!

Oct 17, 2020

Using Surface Waves to Help Cool Nanostructured Microelectronic Devices

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The continuing progress in miniaturization of silicon microelectronic and photonic devices is causing cooling of the device structures to become increasingly challenging. Conventional heat transport... The post Using Surface Waves to Help Cool Na...

Oct 16, 2020

Nanoparticles release bursts of calcium to reverse multidrug resistance in tumor cells

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Multidrug resistance (MDR) -- a process in which tumors become resistant to multiple medicines -- is the main cause of failure of cancer chemotherapy.

Oct 16, 2020

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