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Scientists Create Phage Capsid Nanoparticles That Prevent Viral Infection

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A new approach brings the hope of new therapeutic options for suppressing seasonal influenza and avian flu: On the basis of an empty – and... The post Scientists Create Phage Capsid Nanoparticles That Prevent Viral Infection appeared first on Sci...

Mar 31, 2020

To tune up your quantum computer, better call an AI mechanic

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A new article outlines a way to teach an AI to make an interconnected set of adjustments to the quantum dots that could form the qubits in a quantum computer's processor. Precisely tweaking the dots is crucial for transforming them into prope...

Mar 31, 2020

New paradigm for 'auto-tuning' quantum bits could overcome major engineering hurdle

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A high-end race car engine needs all its components tuned and working together precisely to deliver top-quality performance. The same can be said about the processor inside a quantum computer, whose delicate bits must be adjusted in just the right...

Mar 31, 2020

On Mars or Earth, biohybrid can turn carbon dioxide into new products: Bacteria on nanowires convert sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to organic building blocks

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Chemists have created a hybrid system of bacteria and nanowires that captures energy from sunlight and transfers it to the bacteria to turn carbon dioxide and water into organic molecules and oxygen. On Earth, such a biohybrid could remove carbon ...

Mar 31, 2020

Quantum-entangled light from a vibrating membrane

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Researchers recently entangled two laser beams through bouncing them off the same mechanical resonator, a tensioned membrane. This provides a novel way of entangling disparate electromagnetic fields, from microwave radiation to optical beams. Crea...

Mar 31, 2020

Nanocrystals will help detect methanol and other alcohols

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Skoltech scientists have developed highly sensitive sensors based on cobalt oxide nanoflakes which are capable of detecting various alcohols in the air. The new sensors can be used for both medical diagnostics and detection of toxic methanol in th...

Mar 31, 2020

Quantum-entangled light from a vibrating membrane

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Entanglement, a powerful form of correlation among quantum systems, is an important resource for quantum computing. Researchers from the Quantum Optomechanics group at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, recently entangled two lase...

Mar 31, 2020

Carbon nanotubes forecast when vegetables spoil and buds bloom – Physics World

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Sensor detects the ethylene emissions of plants at concentrations as low as 15 parts per billion, helping dealers predict when flowers will bloom and fruit and veg ripen The post Carbon nanotubes forecast when vegetables spoil and buds bloom appe...

Mar 31, 2020

Mystery solved: The origin of the colors in the first color photographs

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A palette of colors on a silver plate: That is what the world's first color photograph looks like. It was taken by French physicist Edmond Becquerel in 1848. His process was empirical, never explained, and quickly abandoned. Now, a team at th...

Mar 31, 2020

Scientists find a way to extract color from black

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Scientists have developed a way of extracting a richer palette of colours from the available spectrum by harnessing disordered patterns inspired by nature that would typically be seen as black. Colours that we see in nature often come from nanosc...

Mar 31, 2020

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