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New blueprint for understanding, predicting and optimizing complex nanoparticles: Guidelines have the potential to transform the fields of optoelectronics, bio-imaging and energy harvesting

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Northwestern University researchers have developed a blueprint for understanding and predicting the properties and behavior of complex nanoparticles and optimizing their use for a broad range of scientific applications. These include catalysis, op...

Feb 28, 2019

New blueprint for understanding, predicting and optimizing complex nanoparticles

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Northwestern University researchers have developed a blueprint for understanding and predicting the properties and behavior of complex nanoparticles and optimizing their use for a broad range of scientific applications. These include catalysis, op...

Feb 28, 2019

Hall effect becomes viscous in graphene

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Researchers at The University of Manchester in the UK have discovered that the Hall effect—a phenomenon well known for more than a century—is no longer as universal as it was thought to be.

Feb 28, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: CEA-Leti Breakthrough Opens Path to New Vaccine for HIV: Lipidots Platform Strengthens Immune Response to Protein That Is Key to HIV Vaccine; Results Presented in Nature Publishing Group�s npj Vaccines

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Leti, a research institute of CEA Tech, in collaboration with CEAs Fundamental Research Division and INSERM, has developed a new vaccine approach for HIV based on engineered lipid nanoparticles that...

Feb 28, 2019

New method of synthesizing nanographene on metal oxide surfaces

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Nanostructures based on carbon are promising materials for nanoelectronics. However, to be suitable, they would often need to be formed on non-metallic surfaces, which has been a challenge -- up to now. Researchers have found a method of forming n...

Feb 28, 2019

Nanotechnology makes it possible for mice to see in infrared

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Mice with vision enhanced by nanotechnology were able to see infrared light as well as visible light, reports a study published February 28 in the journal Cell. A single injection of nanoparticles in the mice's eyes bestowed infrared vision f...

Feb 28, 2019

Researchers move closer to practical photonic quantum computing

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For the first time, researchers have demonstrated a way to map and measure large-scale photonic quantum correlation with single-photon sensitivity. The ability to measure thousands of instances of quantum correlation is critical for making photon-...

Feb 28, 2019

Physicists use code to reduce quantum error in logic gates

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Scientists at the University of Sydney have for the first time demonstrated improvement in quantum computers by using codes designed to detect and discard errors in the logic gates of such machines.

Feb 28, 2019

Code used to reduce quantum error in logic gates for first time: Error detection in logic gates opens path to further improvements in quantum computers

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Scientists have for the first time demonstrated improvement in quantum computers by using codes designed to detect and discard errors in the logic gates of such machines. The codes were applied to IBM's quantum computer via IBM Q.

Feb 28, 2019

Layering titanium oxide's different mineral forms for better solar cells

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A research team has improved the efficiency of a new type of solar cell with a double layer consisting of pure anatase and brookite, two different mineral forms of titanium oxide. Using water-solute brookite nanoparticles, a brookite layer was fab...

Feb 28, 2019

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