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Researchers make steps toward debugging tools for quantum computers

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In classical computing, debugging programs is one of the most time-consuming tasks in software development. Successful debugging relies on software development tools and also on the experience of the programmer. In quantum computing, researchers p...

Jun 21, 2019

Graphene-Based Neurostimulation Devices for Treating Neurological Diseases

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The United States is observing a rise in the number of neurological diseases. Stroke is considered as the fifth leading cause of death, followed by Alzheimer’s. Parkinson’s—another...

Jun 21, 2019

Nanoparticles Acting like Electrons Could Lead to Novel Materials Design

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

It is not an electron. However, it does behave like one. A team of scientists from Northwestern University have made a peculiar and surprising discovery that nanoparticles built with DNA in colloidal...

Jun 21, 2019

Researchers demonstrate new path to reliable quantum computation

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Researchers at the University of Chicago published a novel technique for improving the reliability of quantum computers by accessing higher energy levels than traditionally considered. Most prior work in quantum computation deals with "qubits...

Jun 21, 2019

High reaction rates even without precious metals

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Precious metals are often efficient catalysts. But they are expensive and rare. However, it has so far been difficult to determine how efficient non-precious metal alternatives are. Non-precious metal nanoparticles could one day replace expensive...

Jun 21, 2019

'Nanoemulsion' gels offer new way to deliver drugs through the skin

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MIT chemical engineers have devised a new way to create very tiny droplets of one liquid suspended within another liquid, known as nanoemulsions. Such emulsions are similar to the mixture that forms when you shake an oil-and-vinegar salad dressing...

Jun 21, 2019

New method allows the spin of a quantum dot to be measured without changing it

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Accurate quantum computing is closer to reality, thanks to quantum non-demolition measurements.

Jun 21, 2019

Advanced NMR captures new details in nanoparticle structures

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Advanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques have revealed surprising details about the structure of a key group of materials in nanotechology, mesoporous silica nanoparticles, and the placement of their active chemical sites.

Jun 21, 2019

Nanoemulsion gels offer new way to deliver drugs through the skin

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Novel materials made with FDA-approved components could deliver large payloads of active ingredients.

Jun 21, 2019

Advanced NMR captures new details in nanoparticle structures

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Advanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have revealed surprising details about the structure of a key group of materials in nanotechology, mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs),...

Jun 21, 2019

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