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Chemists develop a new type of one-molecule thick water-repellent film

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Scientists have created a new type of two-dimensional nanofilm from an organic material called calixarene. The invention can be used as a protective coating in electronics and as a part of molecular filters.

Sep 9, 2020

Technique prevents errors in quantum computers

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Even quantum computers make mistakes. Their computing ability is extraordinary, exceeding that of classical computers by far. This is because circuits in quantum computers are based on qubits that can represent not only zeroes or ones, but also su...

Sep 9, 2020

Sampling the gut microbiome with an ingestible pill

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Gut microbes affect human health, but there is still much to learn, in part because they're not easy to collect. But researchers now report in ACS Nano that they have developed an ingestible capsule that in rat studies captured bacteria and o...

Sep 9, 2020

Study Finds Potentially Useful Electrical Phenomenon in Gold Nanowires

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Though the Summer Olympics were postponed, there's at least one place to see agile hurdlers go for the gold. You just need a way to view these electron games. Using a novel optical detection...

Sep 9, 2020

New Nano System Enhances the Effectiveness of Melanoma Treatment

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Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro of TAU's Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the Sackler School of Medicine, have developed an innovative...

Sep 9, 2020

A gold nanoparticle nearly cloaked by a single molecule

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A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen has found a way to prove a theory suggesting the possibility of cloaking a nanoparticle using a single molecule—by nearly doin...

Sep 9, 2020

Engineered 'nanobodies' block SARS-CoV-2 from infecting human cells

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Researchers have designed a molecule that sticks tightly to the coronavirus spike protein, preventing the virus from infecting cells. The molecule might someday be used in an aerosolized drug to treat or prevent COVID-19.

Sep 9, 2020

Engineered 'nanobodies' block SARS-CoV-2 from infecting human cells

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Researchers have designed a molecule that sticks tightly to the coronavirus spike protein, preventing the virus from infecting cells. The molecule might someday be used in an aerosolized drug to treat or prevent COVID-19.

Sep 9, 2020

Physicists Develop Nano-Sized SQUID Capable of Detecting Extremely Faint Magnetic Fields

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A collaborative team creates a very small device that can detect magnetic fields. The Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) can be applied in medicine, topology, and research for new materials.

Sep 9, 2020

Detecting the handedness of a single nanoparticle

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Scientists have developed a new spectroscopic-microscope, which can be used to observe a single nanoparticle in real time. This enabled the first detection of a nanoparticle's handedness while it is freely moving in solution.

Sep 9, 2020

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