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Tiny droplets open the doors to in-flight imaging of proteins

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated the creation of a beam of nanodroplets capable of delivering a variety of biological samples, from cell organelles to single proteins, virtually free from any contaminations, to the focus of an X-r...

May 3, 2019

New holographic technique opens the way for quantum computation

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EPFL physicists have developed a method based on the principles of holograms to capture 3D images of objects beyond the reach of light.

May 3, 2019

Bottom-up approach can synthesize microscopic diamonds for bioimaging, quantum computing

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In a paper published May 3 in Science Advances, researchers at the University of Washington, the US Naval Research Laboratory and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory announced that they can use extremely high pressure and temperature to intr...

May 3, 2019

Thorlabs Adds to its Optics Portfolio with Cirtemo Acquisition

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Thorlabs will acquire Columbia, S.C.-based Cirtemo LLC, including its two unique technologies, multivariate optical elements for spectroscopic chemical analysis, and nanopatterning tools used to “3D print” photolithography masks using nanoparticle...

May 2, 2019

Sculpting super-fast light pulses: Nanopillars shape light precisely for practical applications

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Imagine being able to shape a pulse of light in any conceivable manner—compressing it, stretching it, splitting it in two, changing its intensity or altering the direction of its electric field.

May 2, 2019

Sculpting super-fast light pulses with nanopillars

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanopillars shape light precisely for practical applications.

May 2, 2019

Self-powered wearable tech

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

For emerging wearable tech to advance, it needs improved power sources. Now researchers have provided a potential solution via crumpled carbon nanotube forests, or CNT forests.

May 2, 2019

Self-powered wearable tech with crumpled carbon nanotube forests

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers developed a highly stretchable supercapacitors for powering wearable electronics. The newly developed supercapacitor has demonstrated solid performance and stability, even when it is stretched to 800% of its original size for thousands...

May 2, 2019

Nanomaterials Imitating Natural Enzymes with Better Catalytic Activity and Selectivity for Sensing Acetylcholine

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers at KAIST doped nitrogen and boron into graphene to selectively raise peroxidase-like activity and were successful in synthesizing a peroxidase-mimicking nanozyme with a cost-effective and...

May 2, 2019

No ink needed for these graphene artworks

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

When you read about electrifying art, "electrifying" isn't usually a verb. But an artist working with a Rice University lab is in fact making artwork that can deliver a jolt.

May 2, 2019

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