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Colloidal quantum dot photodetectors can now see further than before

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An new study reports on the development of a colloidal quantum dot photodetector capable of detecting light in the far infrared.

Jan 16, 2020

Progress in physical chemistry may enhance light-based therapies – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Non-toxic silicon nanocrystals enable more effective phototherapies by converting low-energy photons to higher energies The post Progress in physical chemistry may enhance light-based therapies appeared first on Physics World.

Jan 16, 2020

Complex porous, chiral nano-patterns arise from a simple linear building block

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Nanoscience can arrange minute molecular entities into nanometric patterns in an orderly manner using self-assembly protocols. Scientists have functionalized a simple rod-like building block with hydroxamic acids at both ends. They form molecular ...

Jan 16, 2020

AlphaZero learns to rule the quantum world

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

The chess world was amazed when the computer algorithm AlphaZero learned, after just four hours on its own, to beat the best chess programs built on human expertise. Now a research group has used the very same algorithm to control a quantum computer.

Jan 16, 2020

$25 Million Project Will Advance DNA-Based Archival Data Storage | Research Horizons

Georgia Tech   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

The demand for archival data storage has been skyrocketing, and if a new research initiative reaches its goals, that need could be met by taking advantage of an efficient and robust information storage medium that has proven itself throug...

Jan 16, 2020

Heat check on a chip: Nanoscalechip can detect sub-microwatt changes in temperature

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists working in medical research, biology, cellular studies, and in understanding bacteria and other pathogens often need to know about temperature rises and falls in the systems on which they focus. Many processes involve heat production an...

Jan 16, 2020

Decontaminating pesticide-polluted water using engineered nanomaterial

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Atrazine is one of the most widely used pesticides in North America. Researchers at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) have developed a new method to degrade it that combines a new nanostructured material and sunlight.

Jan 16, 2020

Tuned Resonators Allow Control of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have devised an optical resonator system that can be used to turn transparency on and off. The ability to manipulate electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) without the introduction of an ou...

Jan 16, 2020

Pretty with a twist

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Complex, porous, chiral nanopatterns arise from a simple linear building blocks.

Jan 16, 2020

Decontaminating pesticide-polluted water using engineered nanomaterial and sunlight

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers develop a new ecological process to degrade atrazine.

Jan 16, 2020

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