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Physicists obtain molecular 'fingerprints' using plasmons

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Scientists from the Center for Photonics and 2D Materials of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the University of Oviedo, Donostia International Physics Center, and CIC nanoGUNE have proposed a new way to study the properties o...

Jun 25, 2020

Dynamics of DNA replication revealed at the nanoscale

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Using super-resolution technology a University of Technology Sydney led team has directly visualised the process of DNA replication in single human cells.

Jun 25, 2020

A mechanism to obtain metal "nanoscrews"unveiled at CIC biomaGUNE is published in Science

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Gold atoms are deposited by means of chemical reduction onto previously formed gold nanorods to produce a quiral structure. These "nanoscrews" interact with circularly polarized light much more efficiently than what is achieved with any ...

Jun 25, 2020

New insights into the energy levels in quantum dots

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Researchers from Basel, Bochum and Copenhagen have gained new insights into the energy states of quantum dots. They are semiconductor nanostructures and promising building blocks for quantum communication. With their experiments, the scientists co...

Jun 25, 2020

Wavy surfaces for better light control

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Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a method for the production of wavy surfaces with nanometre precision. In the future this method could be used, for instance, to make optical components for data transmission on the internet even more effic...

Jun 25, 2020

Gold nanoparticles to save neurons from cell death

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An international research team coordinated by Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Lecce (Italy) has developed gold nanoparticles able to reduce the cell death of neurons exposed to overexcitement. Therefore, excessive stimulation of neurons can dam...

Jun 25, 2020

Honeywell claims it has built the most powerful quantum computer ever

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Honeywell, a US-based tech firm, has built the most powerful quantum computer ever by some measures, but some experts say it isn’t actually better than other quantum computers on the market

Jun 24, 2020

Honeywell claims it has built the most powerful quantum computer ever

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Honeywell, a US-based tech firm, has built the most powerful quantum computer ever by some measures, but some experts say it isn’t actually better than other quantum computers on the market

Jun 24, 2020

Honeywell claims it has built the most powerful quantum computer ever

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Honeywell, a US-based tech firm, has built the most powerful quantum computer ever by some measures, but some experts say it isn’t actually better than other quantum computers on the market

Jun 24, 2020

New microscopy under ambient achieves less than 10 nm spatial resolution on surface potential measurement

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A new nanomaterials microscopy approach called Pulsed Force Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (PF-KPFM), allows for less than 10 nanometer measurements of work function and surface potential in a single-pass AFM scan. The findings have been published ...

Jun 24, 2020

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