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Scientists shine light on tiny crystals behind unexpected violent eruptions

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In a new study of volcanic processes, Bristol scientists have demonstrated the role nanolites play in the creation of violent eruptions at otherwise 'calm' and predictable volcanoes.

Sep 23, 2020

Nanostructures with a unique property

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Nanoscale vortices known as skyrmions can be created in many magnetic materials. For the first time, researchers have managed to create and identify antiferromagnetic skyrmions with a unique property: critical elements inside them are arranged in ...

Sep 23, 2020

'Trojan horse' approach to kill cancer cells without using drugs

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Cancer cells are killed in lab experiments and tumor growth reduced in mice, using a new approach that turns a nanoparticle into a 'Trojan horse' that causes cancer cells to self-destruct.

Sep 23, 2020

New materials: A toggle switch for catalysis

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A special material made of lanthanum, strontium, iron and oxygen can be switched back and forth between two different states: In one state the material is catalytically extremely active, in the other less so. The reason for this is the behavior of...

Sep 23, 2020

A multishot lensless camera in development could aid disease diagnosis

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A new type of imaging does not require a lens and uses reconfigurable particle-based masks to take multiple shots of an object. The electric-field directed self-assembling mask technology is expected to have uses in lower-cost and faster disease d...

Sep 23, 2020

Near-Optimal Chip-Based Photon Source Developed for Quantum Computing

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New device paves the way to mass-manufacturable single-photon sources for large-scale quantum computing Researchers have developed a new

Sep 23, 2020

Single photon emission from isolated monolayer islands of InGaN

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Single photon emitters are essential devices for the realization of future optical quantum technologies including optical quantum computing and quantum key distribution. Towards this goal, Scientists in China and Japan identified and characterized...

Sep 23, 2020

Nanostructures with a unique property

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Nanoscale vortices known as skyrmions can be created in many magnetic materials. For the first time, researchers at PSI have managed to create and identify antiferromagnetic skyrmions with a unique property: critical elements inside them are arran...

Sep 23, 2020

Scientists devise 'Trojan horse' approach to kill cancer cells without using drugs

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Cancer cells have been killed in lab experiments and tumor growth reduced in mice, using a new approach that turns a nanoparticle into a 'Trojan horse' that causes cancer cells to self-destruct, a research team at the Nanyang Technologic...

Sep 23, 2020

Nanoscale vortices with a unique property

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For the first time, researchers have managed to create and identify antiferromagnetic skyrmions with a unique property: critical elements inside them are arranged in opposing directions. Scientists have succeeded in visualising this phenomenon usi...

Sep 23, 2020

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