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Engineers create tunable, nanoscale, incandescent light source

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Engineers have created what may be viewed as the world's smallest incandescent lightbulbs, collections of near-nanoscale materials called 'selective thermal emitters' that absorb heat and emit light. Their research could have applic...

Sep 19, 2019

Nano bulb lights novel path: Engineers create tunable, nanoscale, incandescent light source

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What may be viewed as the world's smallest incandescent lightbulb is shining in a Rice University engineering laboratory with the promise of advances in sensing, photonics and perhaps computing platforms beyond the limitations of silicon.

Sep 19, 2019

Nano bulb lights novel path

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Engineers create tunable, nanoscale, incandescent light source.

Sep 18, 2019

Scientists Closing In on “Holy Grail” of Room Temperature Quantum Computing Chips

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Photons interact on chip-based system with unprecedented efficiency. To process information, photons must interact.  However, these tiny packets of light want nothing to do with... The post Scientists Closing In on “Holy Grail” of Room Temperature...

Sep 18, 2019

Suntanner, heal thyself: Exosome therapy may enable better repair of sun, age-damaged skin

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In the future, you could be your very own fountain of youth—or at least your own skin repair reservoir. In a proof-of-concept study, researchers from North Carolina State University have shown that exosomes harvested from human skin cells are more...

Sep 18, 2019

Team closes in on 'holy grail' of room temperature quantum computing chips

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To process information, photons must interact. However, these tiny packets of light want nothing to do with each other, each passing by without altering the other. Now, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have coaxed photons into intera...

Sep 18, 2019

Platinum-graphene fuel cell catalysts show superior stability over bulk platinum

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Films of platinum only two atoms thick supported by graphene could enable fuel cell catalysts with unprecedented catalytic activity and longevity, according to a study published recently by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Sep 18, 2019

Closing in on 'holy grail' of room temperature quantum computing chips: Photons interact on chip-based system with unprecedented efficiency

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To process information, photons must interact. However, these tiny packets of light want nothing to do with each other, each passing by without altering the other. Now, researchers have coaxed photons into interacting with one another with unprece...

Sep 18, 2019

Platinum-graphene fuel cell catalysts show superior stability over bulk platinum

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Films of platinum only two atoms thick supported by graphene could enable fuel cell catalysts with unprecedented catalytic activity and longevity, according to a new study.

Sep 18, 2019

Scientists Develop DNA Microcapsules for New Kinds of Biomedical Nanodevices

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A research group led by Tokyo Tech reports a way of constructing DNA-based microcapsules that hold great promise for the development of new functional materials... The post Scientists Develop DNA Microcapsules for New Kinds of Biomedical Nanodevic...

Sep 18, 2019

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