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JQI researchers shed new light on atomic 'wave function'

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Physicists have demonstrated a new way to obtain the essential details of an isolated quantum system through direct observation. The method gives information about the likelihood of finding atoms at specific locations in the system with unpreceden...

May 16, 2019

New way to beat the heat in electronics

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Rice University researchers combine a polymer nanofiber layer with boron nitride to make a strong, foldable dielectric separator for high-temperature batteries and other applications.

May 16, 2019

Moving the needle on nanoscale imaging with single-molecule magnets

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Amid intense research focus on magnetic single atoms and molecules -- which could serve as the smallest possible memory elements in quantum computing -- researchers report creating a sensor capable of measuring and imaging magnetic structures and ...

May 16, 2019

‘Impossible’ nano-sized protein cages made with the help of gold

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A collaborative effort between the University of Oxford and the Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University in Poland,

May 15, 2019

Quantum sunlight experiment could shed light on stellar astrophysics – Physics World

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Solar photons pair-up with light from a quantum dot in a “highly non-classical” manner The post Quantum sunlight experiment could shed light on stellar astrophysics appeared first on Physics World.

May 15, 2019

Oxea Increases Isononanoic Acid Production Capacity at Oberhausen, Germany

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The global chemical company Oxea successfully completed a debottleneck of its existing isononanoic acid production units in Oberhausen, Germany. The company will use the additional production capacity to support the growth of the global synthetic...

May 15, 2019

Washable, wearable graphene capacitors could be woven directly into clothes

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The devices could be used for flexible circuits, healthcare monitoring, energy conversion, and other applications.

May 15, 2019

Researchers Add Luminescence to Graphene

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Researchers from the University of Córdoba have discovered a way to add the quality of luminescence to graphene. The researchers were able to incorporate luminescence into graphene without affecting its other properties, thus safeguarding the func...

May 15, 2019

Capturing single photons to explore fundamental physics and quantum information science

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Quantum optics, where light and matter interactions are examined at the microscopic level, has earned Nobel prizes—including three awarded since 2001—for some of science's biggest names. However, even in this mature field, some interesting ph...

May 15, 2019

Applying precious metal catalysts economically

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Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the Fritz Haber Institute Berlin have developed a new method of to conserve rare and expensive catalysts and use them sparingly. They enclosed a precious metal salt in tiny micelles, and struck them again...

May 15, 2019

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