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Physicists discover new quantum trick for graphene: magnetism

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Physicists were stunned when two twisted sheets of graphene showed signs of superconductivity. Now scientists have shown that the material also generates a type of magnetism once only dreamed of theoretically.

Jul 26, 2019

Self-organizing molecules: Nanorings with two sides

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

The tiny rings that chemists at the Center for Nanointegration (CENIDE) at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) create in the laboratory are as small as a bacterium. Self-organized, individual polymer chains form the flexible structures that ca...

Jul 26, 2019

We Need to Replace Moore's Law to Make Way For Quantum Computers, But What's Next?

ScienceAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A new disruptive technology is on the horizon and it promises to take computing power to unprecedented and unimaginable heights.

Jul 26, 2019

Twisted graphene exhibits previously-unseen form of magnetism

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

As a flat sheet of carbon atoms arranged in a lattice, graphene is pretty simple, and yet it keeps surprising scientists with new properties. For the latest in this long line of breakthroughs, a team from Stanford has shown that graphene arranged ...

Jul 26, 2019

Stick-on device could let the speechless "speak"

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Fans of the Mission Impossible movies may recall the agents' use of a slim, throat-mounted device that changes the user's voice. Well, Chinese scientists have now developed something similar, that could one day allow the mute to s...

Jul 25, 2019

Doctoral Student Wins Nano Innovation Award for Highly Sensitive Microscope

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Thomas Hümmer, a doctoral student at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat (LMU) Munich and Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, has been awarded €6000 for developing a highly sensitive microscope that explores the optical properties of nano-objec...

Jul 25, 2019

Ferromagnetism appears in twisted bilayer graphene – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Emergent topological states in the 2D material might be exploited in applications such as low-power magnetic memory The post Ferromagnetism appears in twisted bilayer graphene appeared first on Physics World.

Jul 25, 2019

Researchers lead breakthrough in quantum computing

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The large, error-correcting quantum computers envisioned today could be decades away, yet experts are vigorously trying to come up with ways to use existing and near-term quantum processors to solve useful problems despite limitations due to error...

Jul 25, 2019

Nanoparticles Heal Spinal Cord Injuries

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The zealous immune response to injuries is known to cause paralyzing damage in spinal cord injury (SCI). Engineers have now created unique nanoparticles that redirect immune cells away from the...

Jul 25, 2019

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