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Highly sensitive nanowire diode converts microwaves to electricity

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The new technology is expected to play a role in harvesting energy from radio waves in the environment, in which electricity is generated from ambient radio waves, such as those emitted from mobile phone base stations.

Sep 24, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Tiny, biocompatible laser could function inside living tissues: Nanolaser has potential to treat neurological disorders or sense disease biomarkers

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanolaser is smaller, more stable and driven at much lower powers than existing small lasers Made from intrinsically biocompatible glass, it can absorb shorter and longer wavelengths of light Res...

Sep 24, 2019

New method for the measurement of nano-structured light fields

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Structured laser light has already opened up various different applications: it allows for precise material machining, trapping, manipulating or defined movement of small particles or cell compartments, as well as increasing the bandwidth for nex...

Sep 24, 2019

Researchers can now place single ions into solids

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New technique enables implantation of individual ions into crystals with an accuracy of 35 nanometers.

Sep 24, 2019

Converting absorbed photons into twice as many excitons: successful high-efficiency energy conversion with organic monolayer on gold nanocluster surface

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have found that when light was exposed to the surface of a tetracene alkanethiol-modified gold nanocluster, which they developed themselves, twice as many excitons could be converted compared to the number of photons absorbed by the tet...

Sep 24, 2019

2D Material, Just 3 Atoms Thick, Has Potential for Use in Quantum Computing

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Physicists manipulate energy valleys in tungsten disulfide, with potential applications in quantum computing. New research on two-dimensional tungsten disulfide (WS2) could open the door to... The post 2D Material, Just 3 Atoms Thick, Has Potentia...

Sep 23, 2019

Tiny, biocompatible laser could function inside living tissues

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers have developed a tiny nanolaser that can function inside of living tissues without harming them.

Sep 23, 2019

Tiny, biocompatible nanolaser could function inside living tissues: Nanolaser has potential to treat neurological disorders or sense disease biomarkers

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed a tiny nanolaser that can function inside of living tissues without harming them.

Sep 23, 2019

Google may have taken a step towards quantum computing 'supremacy' (updated)

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Google may have made a breakthrough on the path toward creating a viable quantum computer -- or maybe not. In a draft of a research paper that was available on a NASA website and seen by the Financial Times, the company reportedly claimed to have ...

Sep 23, 2019

'Valley states' in this 2D material could potentially be used for quantum computing: Physicists manipulate energy valleys in tungsten disulfide, with potential applications in quantum computing

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

New research on 2-dimensional tungsten disulfide (WS2) could open the door to advances in quantum computing. Scientists report that they can manipulate the electronic properties of this super-thin material in ways that could be useful for encoding...

Sep 23, 2019

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