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Controlling Ultrastrong Light-Matter Coupling at Room Temperature

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

The interaction between light and electrons in a system composed of two gold mirrors separated by a small distance and plasmonic gold nanorods produced ultrastrong coupling between light and matter at room temperature. The work stems from an inter...

Sep 25, 2020

Shape matters for light-activated nanocatalysts

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Points matter when designing nanoparticles that drive important chemical reactions using the power of light. Researchers at Rice

Sep 25, 2020

Secure nano-carrier delivers medications directly to cells

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A stable nano-carrier for medications with a special mechanism that makes sure the drugs are only released in diseased cells.

Sep 25, 2020

Colloidal diamonds self-assembled in breakthrough for photonics

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Engineers have developed a simple way to make colloidal diamonds that self-assemble. These structures have traditionally been tricky to manufacture in bulk, but with this new method they could be used to help make better photonic devices.

Sep 25, 2020

Roadmap to Increase Antimatter Production by 10 Billion Times | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

Fermilab was able to produce 2 nanograms of antimatter per year, but a new NASA NIAC plan by Gerald Jackson could increase this by 10 billion times to 20 grams per year with a $670 million per year energy cost antimatter factory. They also have a ...

Sep 25, 2020

Nanosecond laser-induced amplification of a photochromic reaction in a diarylethene nanoparticle

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have found a drastically amplified ring-opening reaction yield in aqueous nanoparticle colloids of a photochromic diarylethene when induced by an intense nanosecond laser pulse, and clarified its amplification mechanism.

Sep 25, 2020

Secure nano-carrier delivers medications directly to cells

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Medications often have unwanted side-effects. One reason is that they reach not only the unhealthy cells for which they are intended, but also reach and have an impact on healthy cells. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), work...

Sep 25, 2020

Spin clean-up method brings practical quantum computers closer to reality

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Researchers at Osaka City University create a quantum algorithm that removes spin contaminants while making chemical calculations on quantum computers. This allows for predictions of electronic and molecular behavior with degrees of precision not ...

Sep 25, 2020

Metal wires of carbon complete toolbox for carbon-based computers: Metallic carbon circuit element enables work on faster, efficient carbon-based transistors

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Carbon-based computers have the potential to be a lot faster and much more energy efficient than silicon-based computers, but 2D graphene and carbon nanotubes have proved challenging to turn into the elements needed to construct transistor circuit...

Sep 24, 2020

Understanding electron transport in graphene nanoribbons

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New understanding of the electrical properties of graphene nanoribbons (GRBs), when bounded with aromatic molecules, could have significant

Sep 24, 2020

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