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Picosecond magnetization dynamics of spin modes revealed by diffractive ferromagnetic resonance

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

As nanoelectronics encounters fundamental barriers, the spin of an electron, in addition to its charge, is being utilized to carry information in electronic devices. This calls for new characterization and detection methods of spin modes in comple...

Jan 22, 2020

Multivariate patterning of human pluripotent cells reveals induced paracrine factors in kidney organoid development

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Bioengineers have shown great promise in creating complex multicellular kidney organoids (tiny, self-organized tissues) in the lab using pluripotent stem cells . They can further improve the procedure for different outcomes, including patterning...

Jan 22, 2020

The world’s thinnest spectacle lenses

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

With nano-structures made using a laser printer, even strong prescription lenses will become ultra-thin. And they will even

Jan 22, 2020

Diabolical Points Could Provide Control of Quantum Emitters

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Glasglow have discovered a way to potentially provide control over the emission of individual photons for quantum computing. Active emitters in photonic structures are essent...

Jan 22, 2020

Injecting nanoparticles into the bloodstream to reduce brain swelling after traumatic brain injury

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

After a traumatic brain injury, the most harmful damage is caused by secondary swelling of the brain compressed inside the skull. There is no treatment for this.

Jan 22, 2020

The quest for perfect quantum dot biomarkers

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Tiny nanoparticles can illuminate tissues and cells, but safer, more effective materials are needed before their mainstream application.

Jan 22, 2020

Atomic force microscopy - Mapping the unseen

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Atomic force microscopy techniques enable scientists to map and modify material properties at the nanoscale for broad applications in energy, biology, medicine and beyond.

Jan 22, 2020

Physicists trap light in nanoresonators for record time

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

An international team of Russian, Australian and Korean researchers have experimentally trapped an electromagnetic wave in a gallium arsenide nanoresonator for a record-breaking time, over 200 periods of one wave oscillation. The trap has also bee...

Jan 22, 2020

How to keep boron inside cells during radiotherapy: a novel approach to cancer treatment

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a technique in which p-boronophenylalanine (BPA) is transferred to cancer cells, and the boron in it undergoes nuclear fission reaction upon irradiation of thermal neutrons, releasing high energy particles t...

Jan 22, 2020

Nanoparticles of Fungal Spores Have Been Detected Floating in Our Atmosphere

ScienceAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

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Jan 21, 2020

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