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Optimal quantum computation linked to gravity

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Information and gravity may seem like completely different things, but one thing they have in common is that they can both be described in the framework of geometry. Building on this connection, a new paper suggests that the rules for optimal quan...

Jun 28, 2019

Polymer-coated gold nanospheres do not impair the innate immune function of human B lymphocytes

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Over the past 20 years, the use of nanoparticles in medicine has steadily increased. However, their safety and effect on the human immune system remains an important concern. By testing a variety of gold nanoparticles, researchers at the Universit...

Jun 28, 2019

Did comet impacts jump-start life on Earth?

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Comets screaming through the atmosphere of early Earth at tens of thousands of miles per hour likely contained measurable amounts of protein-forming amino acids. Upon impact, these amino acids self-assembled into significantly larger nitrogen-cont...

Jun 28, 2019

Scientists Examine First-of-its-Kind “Living” Nanomaterial

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new kind of electron microscopy permits scientists to analyze nanoscale tubular materials when they are “alive” and forming liquids—a first-of-its-kind in the field. The new...

Jun 28, 2019

Size matters: Color imaging of gene expression in electron microscopy

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Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen have developed a method to visualize gene expression of cells with an electron microscope. Although electron microscopy currently provides the most detailed look into cells, it cannot differentiate which g...

Jun 28, 2019

Low-Temperature Method to Make High-Performance Thermoelectric Materials

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A low-cost nanomaterial created at KAUST could be used to recapture some of the enormous amounts of waste heat that devices and machines emit. This thermoelectric nanomaterial could capture the heat...

Jun 28, 2019

Novel System for Large-Scale Production of Graphene through CVD

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AIXTRON, Graphene Flagship’s partner, announced the outcomes of two of its systems that facilitate the large-scale synthesis of graphene through chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The neutron...

Jun 28, 2019

Shell increases versatility of nanowires

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Nanowires promise to make LEDs more colorful and solar cells more efficient, in addition to speeding up computers. That is, provided that the tiny semiconductors convert electric energy into light, and vice versa, at the right wavelengths. A rese...

Jun 28, 2019

Artificial DNA can control release of active ingredients from drugs

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

With a combination of hydrogels and artificial DNA, nanoparticles can be released in sequence under conditions similar to those in the human body.

Jun 28, 2019

Advanced method for analyzing graphene oxide

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a reliable method for analyzing the reduction of graphene oxide microregions. In contrast to earlier proposed methods based on Raman spectroscopy, this advanced method provides more exact data about unique properties of ...

Jun 28, 2019

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