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A new lens on the world: Improving the metalens with liquid crystal

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Physicists have taken a step toward making 'metalenses' even more useful -- by making them reconfigurable. They did this by harnessing nanoscale forces to infiltrate liquid crystals between those microscopic pillars, allowing them to sha...

Aug 20, 2020

Scientists slow and steer light with resonant nanoantennas

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Researchers have fashioned ultrathin silicon nanoantennas that trap and redirect light, for applications in quantum computing, LIDAR and even the detection of viruses.

Aug 20, 2020

Graphene sensors find subtleties in magnetic fields

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Researchers used an ultrathin graphene 'sandwich' to create a tiny magnetic field sensor that can operate over a greater temperature range than previous sensors, while also detecting miniscule changes in magnetic fields that might otherw...

Aug 20, 2020

Trapping and controlling light at the interface of atomically thin nanomaterials

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Light can partake in peculiar phenomena at the nanoscale. Exploring these phenomena can unlock sophisticated applications and provide useful insights into the interactions between light waves and other materials.

Aug 20, 2020

Researchers create nanoclusters that mimic biomolecules

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Biological systems come in all shapes, sizes and structures. Some of these structures, such as those found in DNA, RNA and proteins, are formed through complex molecular interactions that are not easily duplicated by inorganic materials.

Aug 20, 2020

Graphene sensors find subtleties in magnetic fields

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As with actors and opera singers, when measuring magnetic fields it helps to have range.

Aug 20, 2020

New 'molecular computers' find the right cells: A laboratory breakthrough in cell targeting may improve the safety of cancer-killing CAR T cells

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New nanoscale devices, made of synthetic proteins, have been designed to target a therapeutic agent only to cells with a specific, predetermined combinations of cell surface markers. They operate on their own and search out cells they were program...

Aug 20, 2020

Researchers shed light on the building blocks for next-generation LED displays

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Three teams of researchers at Clemson University have joined forces to unravel some of the mysteries surrounding perovskite nanocrystals, which are semiconductors with numerous applications, including LEDs, lasers, solar cells and photodetectors.

Aug 20, 2020

Trapping and controlling light at the interface of atomically thin nanomaterials

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Scientists propose a new method to confine light in an atomically thin graphene layer by leveraging topological phenomena that occur at the interface of specially designed nanomaterials.

Aug 20, 2020

Major EU project develops REACH-compatible nano read-across framework

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JCR, RIVM, BfR and BASF directly involved, with Echa on advisory board

Aug 20, 2020

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