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Scientists create supersensitive nanomaterials for DNA diagnostics and targeted drug delivery

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In 1900, German physician Paul Ehrlich came up with the notion of a "magic bullet." The basic idea is to inject a patient with smart particles capable of finding, recognizing, and treating a disease. Medicine has pursued the magic bullet...

Feb 18, 2020

Topological materials outperform through quantum periodic motion

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have discovered that applying vibrational motion in a periodic manner may be the key to preventing dissipations of the desired electron states that would make advanced quantum computing and spintronics possible.

Feb 18, 2020

Graphene Formed Under Microscope Is Small Enough for Electronics

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists at Rice University; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT Knoxville); and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) used a small, visible beam mounted to a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to form laser-induced graphene (LIG), a multi...

Feb 18, 2020

Color mixing for nanoplasmonic painters

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Similar to the way painters mix different hues and tones of colors on their palette, researchers demonstrated a method for continuous mixing of different structural colors at the nanoscale on a single pixel. This novel method for structurally gene...

Feb 18, 2020

Dave McDowell to Step Down as Director of the Institute for Materials (IMat) | Research Horizons

Georgia Tech   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

After more than seven years of shepherding interdisciplinary materials research and defining a materials innovation ecosystem at the Georgia Institute of Technology, David L. McDowell is stepping down from his role as founding director of...

Feb 18, 2020

Supersensitive nanomaterials for DNA diagnostics and targeted drug delivery

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have developed a smart material with unique properties, which holds promise for express DNA analysis and next-generation drugs against cancer and other serious diseases.

Feb 18, 2020

MIT Devises More Efficient Error Correction for Quantum Devices

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

A new study suggests a path to correcting the “jitters” in quantum devices, which may help make quantum computers and sensors more practical. Labs around... The post MIT Devises More Efficient Error Correction for Quantum Devices appeared first on...

Feb 18, 2020

Flat lens gets ahead of the optical curve

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers dotted metasurfaces with 600-nanometer-high silicon cylinders that alters the path and speed of light as it passes through them.

Feb 18, 2020

Next-Generation Energy Storage Breakthrough: Fast-Charging, Long-Running, Flexible

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

While at the proof-of-concept stage, this new bendable graphene-based supercapacitor shows enormous potential as a portable power supply in several practical applications including electric vehicles,... The post Next-Generation Energy Storage Brea...

Feb 18, 2020

Correcting the “jitters” in quantum devices

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

A new study suggests a path to more efficient error correction, which may help make quantum computers and sensors more practical.

Feb 18, 2020

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