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Probing plant health status using flexible sensor systems

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers report an integrated multimodal flexible sensor system comprising a room humidity sensor, a leaf humidity sensor, an optical sensor, and a temperature sensor that can tap into potential physiological health issues of plants. Using stac...

Aug 12, 2020

KERI creates a super-high-resolution nano display based on the 3D printing close to virtual reality

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Companies across the world are competing fiercely to provide high-resolution displays to electronic devices such as TVs and smartphones. In particular, the virtual reality, a keyword of the 4th industrial revolution, requires a much higher resolut...

Aug 12, 2020

Yale quantum researchers create an error-correcting cat

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Yale physicists have developed an error-correcting cat -- a new device that combines the Schrödinger's cat concept of superposition (a physical system existing in two states at once) with the ability to fix some of the trickiest errors in a q...

Aug 12, 2020

Porous liquids allow for efficient gas separation

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Jointly with partners, a researcher of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has developed 'porous liquids': Nanoparticles, that are able to separate gas molecules of different sizes from each other, float - finely distributed - in a solvent...

Aug 12, 2020

New advance in superconductors with 'twist' in rhombohedral graphite

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An international research team led by The University of Manchester has revealed a nanomaterial that mirrors the 'magic angle' effect originally found in a complex man-made structure known as twisted bilayer graphene -- a key area of stud...

Aug 12, 2020

New way to check the quality of nanomaterials like graphene

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A new way to check the quality of nanomaterials like graphene has emerged from a team at the University of Sussex.

Aug 12, 2020

Probabilistic one-time programs using quantum entanglement

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

It is widely known that quantum computing can potentially offer not only unparalleled computational performance, but also exceptional

Aug 11, 2020

Nanocrystals from recycled wood waste make carbon-fiber composites tougher

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have used a natural plant product, called cellulose nanocrystals, to pin and coat carbon nanotubes uniformly onto the carbon-fiber composites. The researchers said their prescribed method is quicker than conventional methods and also a...

Aug 11, 2020

Research exposes new vulnerability for SARS-CoV-2: Electrostatic interactions enhance the spike protein's bond to host cells

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Using nanometer-level simulations, researchers have discovered a positively charged site (known as the polybasic cleavage site) located 10 nanometers from the actual binding site on the spike protein. The positively charged site allows strong bond...

Aug 11, 2020

Nanoscale research exposes new vulnerability for SARS-CoV-2

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Using nanometer-level simulations, researchers discovered a positively charged site located 10 nanometers from the actual binding site on the spike protein. The positively charged site allows strong bonding between the virus protein and the negati...

Aug 11, 2020

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