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Tight spaces tip presence of petrochemicals: Rice engineers' study reveals critical role of molecular confinement in interpreting NMR

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Engineers put to rest a long-held theory about the use of nuclear magnetic resonance to detect oil and gas deposits in the nanoscale pores of shale formations.

Apr 13, 2020

Trapped ytterbium ions could form backbone of a quantum internet, say researchers – Physics World

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Rare-earth qubit thrives in tiny optical cavity The post Trapped ytterbium ions could form backbone of a quantum internet, say researchers appeared first on Physics World.

Apr 13, 2020

Cell membrane proteins imaged in 3D

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Scientists have demonstrated a new technique for imaging proteins in 3D with nanoscale resolution. Their work enables researchers to identify the precise location of proteins within individual cells, reaching the resolution of the cell membrane an...

Apr 13, 2020

Graphene heterostructures with black phosphorus, arsenic layers enable new infrared detectors

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MIPT scientists and their colleagues from Japan and the U.S. have calculated the parameters of photodetectors comprised of layers of graphene and a combination of black phosphorus and black arsenic. These sensors are able to detect radiation with ...

Apr 13, 2020

Carbon nanostructure created that is stronger than diamonds: Novel plate-cell architecture reaches theoretical limit of performance

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Researchers have closed-cell plate-nanolattices that are stronger than diamonds in terms of a ratio of strength to density. The performance of this arrangement had been theorized but never experimentally validated until now.

Apr 13, 2020

Team designs carbon nanostructure stronger than diamonds

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Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions have architecturally designed plate-nanolattices—nanometer-sized carbon structures—that are stronger than diamonds as a ratio of strength to density.

Apr 13, 2020

Cell membrane proteins imaged in 3-D

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A team of scientists including researchers at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)—a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility at DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory—have demonstrated a new technique for i...

Apr 13, 2020

Engineers design carbon nanostructure stronger than diamonds

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Novel plate-cell architecture reaches theoretical limit of performance.

Apr 13, 2020

Graphene heterostructures with black phosphorus, arsenic layers enable new infrared detectors

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Scientists have calculated the parameters of photodetectors comprised by layers of graphene and a combination of black phosphorus and black arsenic. These sensors are able to detect radiation with energy less than the band gap of the constituent l...

Apr 13, 2020

Quantum computation solves an old enigma: Finding the vibrational states of magnesium dimer

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High vibrational states of the Magnesium dimer (Mg2) are an important system in studies of fundamental physics, although they have eluded experimental characterization for half a century. Experimental physicists have so far resolved the first 14 v...

Apr 13, 2020

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