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Physicists achieve tunable spin wave excitation

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Physicists have demonstrated new methods for controlling spin waves in nanostructured bismuth iron garnet films via short laser pulses. The solution has potential for applications in energy-efficient information transfer and spin-based quantum com...

Sep 8, 2020

Peel-apart surfaces drive transistors to the ledge

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Surfaces featuring atomic-scale ledges and steps can act as reusable templates for producing nanoelectronic components.

Sep 8, 2020

Scientists have discovered an environmentally friendly way to transform silicon into nanoparticles

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Scientists have developed a new method of silicon recycling. The majority of solar panels that are produced in ever-increasing quantities use silicon. Solar panels that usually have a service life of 25-30 years tend to degrade and produce less el...

Sep 8, 2020

Bio-based resin invented by Lithuanian researchers: A breakthrough in rapid prototyping

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Lithuanian researchers from Kaunas University of Technology and Vilnius University synthesised and tested a bio-based resin for optical 3D printing (O3DP). The bio-based resin made from renewable raw materials proved to be universal for both table...

Sep 8, 2020

A new twist on DNA origami: Meta-DNA structures transform the DNA nanotechnology world

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A team of scientists from ASU and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) led by Hao Yan, ASU's Milton Glick Professor in the School of Molecular Sciences, and director of the ASU Biodesign Institute's Center for Molecular Design and Biomim...

Sep 7, 2020

An environmentally friendly way to transform silicon into nanoparticles

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Skoltech scientists and their colleagues from Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) have developed a new method of silicon recycling. Their research was published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

Sep 7, 2020

Meta-DNA structures transform the DNA nanotechnology world

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Researchers announced the creation of a new type of meta-DNA structures that will open up the fields of optoelectronics (including information storage and encryption) as well as synthetic biology.

Sep 7, 2020

Human/mechanical powered plasma: Researchers help create the future

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Low-temperature plasmas offer promise for applications in medicine, water purification, agriculture, pollutant removal, nanomaterial synthesis and more. Yet

Sep 7, 2020

A tiny instrument to measure the faintest magnetic fields

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Physicists at the University of Basel have developed a minuscule instrument able to detect extremely faint magnetic fields. At the heart of the superconducting quantum interference device are two atomically thin layers of graphene, which the resea...

Sep 7, 2020

Study identifies limits on the efficiency of techniques for reducing noise in quantum resources

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Quantum technologies, such as quantum computers, quantum sensing devices and quantum memory, have often been found to outperform traditional electronics in speed and performance, and could thus soon help humans to tackle a variety of problems more...

Sep 7, 2020

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