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Infrared Detector Improves Night-Vision Capabilities at Room Temperature

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Researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) have devised a strategy for uncooled, tunable, multispectral infrared (IR) detection. The team showed that room-temperature photodetection using 2D monolayer graphene is possible through the i...

Oct 25, 2019

Small magnets reveal big secrets

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An international research team led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, has identified a microscopic process of electron spin dynamics in nanoparticles that could impact the design of applications in medicine, quantum computa...

Oct 25, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Achieving Quantum Supremacy: UC Santa Barbara/Google researchers demonstrate the power of 53 entangled qubits

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Researchers in UC Santa Barbara/Google scientist John Martinis group have made good on their claim to quantum supremacy. Using 53 entangled quantum bits (qubits), their Sycamore computer has taken...

Oct 25, 2019

Micromotors push around single cells and particles

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A new type of micromotor - powered by ultrasound and steered by magnets - can move around individual cells and microscopic particles in crowded environments without damaging them. The technology could open up new possibilities for targeted drug de...

Oct 25, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Bio-inspired nano-catalyst guides chiral reactions

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Many medicines are twisted molecules with two mirror image versions, but the body uses only one. Inspired by photosynthetic bacteria, a team at the University of Michigan built a catalyst that guides...

Oct 25, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Quantum supremacy milestone harnesses ORNL Summit supercomputer

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A joint research team from Google Inc., NASA Ames Research Center, and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has demonstrated that a quantum computer can outperform a classical comp...

Oct 25, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Creating a nanospace like no other: Scientists build a nanocage with antiaromatic walls

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Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Copenhagen have built a self-assembled nanocage with a very unusual nanospace: Its walls are made of an...

Oct 25, 2019

Innovative Hydrogen Boride Nanosheets: Huge Potential As Hydrogen Carrier

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Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology, University of Tsukuba, and colleagues in Japan report a promising hydrogen carrier in the form of hydrogen boride nanosheets[1].... The post Innovative Hydrogen Boride Nanosheets: Huge Potential As Hyd...

Oct 25, 2019

Potential Nanotechnology Treatment for Celiac Disease Revealed

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Image credits: David A. Litman/shutterstock.com Advances made during recent clinical trials mean that those suffering from celiac disease may soon be able to reintroduce gluten back into their...

Oct 25, 2019

Multifunctional nanoparticles show promise for cancer therapy and imaging – Physics World

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Bismuth gadolinium oxide nanoparticles could act as a theranostic agent to enhance radiotherapy and increase image contrast The post Multifunctional nanoparticles show promise for cancer therapy and imaging appeared first on Physics World.

Oct 25, 2019

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