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'Magnonic nanoantennas': optically-inspired computing with spin waves one step closer

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A new methodology for generating and manipulating spin waves in nanostructured magnetic materials opens the way to developing nano-processors for extraordinarily quick and energy efficient analog processing of information.

Mar 5, 2020

'Tickling' an atom to investigate the behavior of materials

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Scientists and engineers working at the frontier of nanotechnology face huge challenges. When the position of a single atom in a material may change the fundamental properties of that material, scientists need something in their toolbox to measure...

Mar 5, 2020

New Study Focuses on Opportunities and Challenges of Luminescent Nanoparticles

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Contemporary society may not realize that it is working closer to the nanoscale. Advances and breakthroughs in creating and exploiting nanostructures have resulted in technological improvements that...

Mar 5, 2020

Multitasking Graphene Device May Advance Quantum Information Science

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Graphene was discovered in 2004 and since that time, researchers have looked at many different ways to put this atomically thin and gifted two-dimensional (2D) material to work.   An optical...

Mar 5, 2020

Tissue-digging nanodrills do just enough damage

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Molecule-sized drills do the damage they are designed to do. That's bad news for disease.

Mar 5, 2020

Tissue-digging nanodrills do just enough damage: Scientists advance case for use of molecular machines to treat skin diseases

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Scientists show light-activated molecular drills effectively kill cells in whole eukaryotic organisms. The drills, designed to target drug-resistant bacteria, cancer and other disease-causing cells, can now be used to kill whole organisms and dril...

Mar 5, 2020

Curcumin is the spice of life when delivered via tiny nanoparticles: Treatment for Alzheimer's and genital herpes

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For years, curry lovers have sworn by the anti-inflammatory properties of turmeric, but its active compound, curcumin, has long frustrated scientists hoping to validate these claims with clinical studies.

Mar 5, 2020

Cooling magnets with sound: Quantum physicists are proposing to cool microparticles with sound waves

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Today, most quantum experiments are carried out with the help of light, including those in nanomechanics, where tiny objects are cooled with electromagnetic waves to such an extent that they reveal quantum properties. Now, a team of physicists is ...

Mar 5, 2020

Neural hardware for image recognition in nanoseconds

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Usually, artificial intelligence is based on software. Scientists created intelligent hardware, which is much faster. Within nanoseconds, the chip can analyze images and provide the correct output.

Mar 5, 2020

All-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries with high capacity and long life

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Prof. Atsunori Matsuda, Prof. Hiroyuki Muto, Assistant Prof. Kazuhiro Hikima, Assistant Prof. Nguyen Huu Huy Phuc, Researcher Reiko Matsuda, and Mr. Takaki Maeda (Master Program) at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineeri...

Mar 5, 2020

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