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Tiny Crustaceans Are Fragmenting Microplastics Into Even Smaller Nanoplastics

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Aug 2, 2020

Quantum cryptography with highly entangled photons from semiconductor quantum dots

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Most modern quantum key distribution (QKD) systems utilize the BB84 protocol and single photons that are generated using lasers through the process called spontaneous parametric down-conversion. This technique has a range of limitations, mainly du...

Aug 2, 2020

Butterfly Effect in Quantum Realm Disproven by Simulating Quantum ‘Time Travel’

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Evolving quantum processes backwards on a quantum computer to damage information in the simulated past causes little change when returned to the ‘present.’ Using a... The post Butterfly Effect in Quantum Realm Disproven by Simulating Quantum ‘Tim...

Aug 2, 2020

Specialized Nanoparticles Create a “Breath Signal” to Diagnose Diseases by Analyzing a Patient's Breath

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Exhaled Biomarkers Can Reveal Lung Disease Specialized nanoparticles create a “breath signal” that could be used to diagnose pneumonia and other infectious or genetic diseases.... The post Specialized Nanoparticles Create a “Breath Signal” to Dia...

Aug 2, 2020

MIT Scientists Create Giant “Artificial Atoms” to Enable Quantum Processing and Communication in One

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MIT researchers have introduced a quantum computing architecture that can perform low-error quantum computations while also rapidly sharing quantum information between processors. The work represents a key advance toward a complete quantum computi...

Aug 1, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Nanoreactor strategy generates superior supported bimetallic catalysts

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Supported bimetallic catalysts are an important class of catalysts in heterogeneous catalysis. They can be applied in various fields, such as electrocatalysis, biomass conversion, and hydrogen product...

Aug 1, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: TU Graz researchers synthesize nanoparticles tailored for special applications

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Whether in innovative high-tech materials, more powerful computer chips, pharmaceuticals or in the field of renewable energies, nanoparticles - smallest portions of bulk material - form the basis for...

Aug 1, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Way, shape and form: Synthesis conditions define the nanostructure of manganese dioxide

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Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology explore a novel and simplistic method to synthesize manganese dioxide with a specific crystalline structure called β-MnO2. Their study sheds light on h...

Aug 1, 2020

When Dirac meets frustrated magnetism

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Scientists have discovered one of the largest anomalous Hall effects (15,506 siemens per centimeter at 2 Kelvin) ever observed in the new compound, KV3Sb5. This material has a never-before-seen combination of properties: Dirac physics, frustrated ...

Jul 31, 2020

Physicists find misaligned carbon sheets yield unparalleled properties

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A material composed of two one-atom-thick layers of carbon has grabbed the attention of physicists worldwide for its intriguing -- and potentially exploitable -- conductive properties. University of Texas at Dallas physicists are studying how the ...

Jul 31, 2020

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