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Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: New NIST project to build nano-thermometers could revolutionize temperature imaging: Cheaper refrigerators? Stronger hip implants? A better understanding of human disease? All of these could be possible

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Cheaper refrigerators? Stronger hip implants? A better understanding of human disease? All of these could be possible and more, someday, thanks to an ambitious new project underway at the National Ins...

Oct 10, 2020

Generating Photons for Communication Between Processors in a Quantum Computing System

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

New technique provides a means of interconnection between processors, opening the way to a complete quantum computing platform. MIT researchers using superconducting quantum bits connected... The post Generating Photons for Communication Between ...

Oct 10, 2020

Developing a precision 'Trojan Horse' nanotherapy to treat breast cancer

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With a nearly $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Michigan State University researchers are using nanoscopic particles to turn the body's own cells into weapons that cancer won't see coming.

Oct 9, 2020

New NIST project to build nano-thermometers could revolutionize temperature imaging

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Cheaper refrigerators? Stronger hip implants? A better understanding of human disease? All of these could be possible and more, someday, thanks to an ambitious new project underway at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Oct 9, 2020

New project to build nano-thermometers could revolutionize temperature imaging: Cheaper refrigerators? Stronger hip implants? A better understanding of human disease? All of these could be possible

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Cheaper refrigerators? Stronger hip implants? A better understanding of human disease? All of these could be possible and more, someday, thanks to an ambitious new project.

Oct 9, 2020

Turning a hot spot into a cold spot: Fano-shaped local-field responses probed by a quantum dot

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Optical nanoantennas can convert propagating light to local fields. The local-field responses can be engineered to exhibit nontrivial features in spatial, spectral and temporal domains. Local-field interferences play a key role in the engineering ...

Oct 9, 2020

Graphene microbubbles make perfect lenses

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Tiny bubbles can solve large problems. Microbubbles—around 1-50 micrometers in diameter—have widespread applications. They're used for drug delivery, membrane cleaning, biofilm control, and water treatment. They've been applied as actuat...

Oct 9, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Graphene detector reveals THz light's polarization

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Physicists have created a broadband detector of terahertz radiation based on graphene. The device has potential for applications in communication and next-generation information transmission systems,...

Oct 9, 2020

Graphene microbubbles make perfect lenses

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers are developing a method to generate precisely controlled graphene microbubbles on a glass surface using laser pulses.

Oct 9, 2020

Graphene-based nanomaterials for the next generation cancer theranostics

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The use of graphene-based materials in pharmaceutical nanotechnology has recently received more attention due to their unique chemical structure and physicochemical properties - including an ultra-high surface area, optical, thermal and electrical...

Oct 9, 2020

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