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New DNA origami motor breaks speed record for nano machines

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Through a technique known as DNA origami, scientists have created the fastest, most persistent DNA nano motor yet. Angewandte Chemie published the findings, which provide a blueprint for how to optimize the design of motors at the nanoscale -- hun...

Mar 3, 2020

Graphene, perovskites, and silicon -- an ideal tandem for efficient solar cells

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Graphene Flagship researchers successfully combined graphene with tandem perovskite-silicon solar cells to achieve efficiencies of up to 26.3%.

Mar 3, 2020

Concrete Mixture with Nano Additives Developed for Monolithic Construction

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

At the Far Eastern Federal University Military training center (FEFU, Vladivostok, Russia), engineers collaborated with their colleagues from RUDN University to create a concrete mixture with nano...

Mar 2, 2020

Handheld Dark-Field Microscope Enabled by Mirrored Chip Powered by Quantum Dots

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Simple chip powered by quantum dots allows standard microscopes to visualize difficult-to-image biological organisms. Do a Google search for dark-field images, and you’ll discover a... The post Handheld Dark-Field Microscope Enabled by Mirrored C...

Mar 2, 2020

Measuring electron spin qubit without demolishing it

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have succeeded in taking repeated measurements of the spin of an electron in a silicon quantum dot (QD), without changing the spin in the process. This type of 'non-demolition' measurement is important for creating quantum com...

Mar 2, 2020

Key Insight Enables Measuring Electron Spin Qubit Without Demolishing It

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A group of scientists from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science in Japan have succeeded in taking repeated measurements of the spin of an... The post Key Insight Enables Measuring Electron Spin Qubit Without Demolishing It appeared first o...

Mar 2, 2020

A new strategy to stabilize carbon nitride photocatalyst for nitrogen reduction

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Researchers from the Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science developed a boron doped carbon nitride nanosheets with B-N-C coordination to stabilize surface exposed active nitrogen atoms and dramatically enhance photo...

Mar 2, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - News Story: A Carbon Nanotube Microprocessor Mature Enough to Say Hello: Three new breakthroughs make commercial nanotube processors possible

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Engineers at MIT and Analog Devices have created the first fully-programmable 16-bit carbon nanotube microprocessor. Its the most complex integration of carbon nanotube-based CMOS logic so far, with...

Mar 2, 2020

Scientists succeed in measuring electron spin qubit without demolishing it

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have succeeded in taking repeated measurements of the spin of an electron in a silicon quantum dot, without changing the spin in the process. This type of 'non-demolition' measurement is important for creating quantum computer...

Mar 2, 2020

D-Wave Systems Real World Hybrid Quantum Applications and Soon 5000+ Qubits | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

Users have developed 200+ early quantum applications on D-Wave systems, including airline scheduling, election modeling, quantum chemistry simulation, automotive design, preventative healthcare, logistics, and much more. On Feb 27, 2020 D-Wave ann...

Mar 1, 2020

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