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Volkswagen wants to use quantum computers to optimize traffic

Engadget   -   General News Websites

If you've ever had your bus show up later than scheduled, here's a welcome development for you. Volkswagen, with the help of D-Wave, has tapped the power of quantum computing to develop a traffic management system that can bette...

Nov 5, 2018

Quantum Dots Replace Dyes to Stabilize Cell Imaging

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A new molecular probe, based on the fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique, uses compact quantum dots (QDs) instead of fluorescent dyes to illuminate molecules and diseased cells. Developed by a team from the University of Illinois at...

Nov 5, 2018

Magnetic nanobots could treat retinal disease - Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Propeller-shaped devices can easily swim through the dense, vitreous tissue of the eye The post Magnetic nanobots could treat retinal disease appeared first on Physics World.

Nov 5, 2018

Physicists name and codify new field in nanotechnology: 'electron quantum metamaterials'

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

New materials are being synthesized by twisting and stacking atomically thin layers. To bring it all under one roof, physicists propose this field of research be called ''electron quantum metamaterials.'

Nov 5, 2018

New technique to understand biology at the nanoscale: Applications include detecting infectiousness of HIV virus

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Researchers for the first time have shown that they can use electrical fields to gain valuable information about the tiny, floating vesicles that move around in animals and plants and are critically important to many biological functions.

Nov 5, 2018

Physicists name and codify new field in nanotechnology: 'electron quantum metamaterials'

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

When two atomically thin two-dimensional layers are stacked on top of each other and one layer is made to rotate against the second layer, they begin to produce patterns—the familiar moiré patterns—that neither layer can generate on its own and th...

Nov 5, 2018

Researchers develop new technique to understand biology at the nanoscale

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Washington State University researchers for the first time have shown that they can use electrical fields to gain valuable information about the tiny, floating vesicles that move around in animals and plants and are critically important to many bi...

Nov 5, 2018

SQUARE Team Studies Light-Activated Materials for Multifunctional Qubits

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

One approach to quantum technology is based on materials whose quantum properties can be accessed and controlled optically. In an initiative called the Scalable Rare Earth Ion Quantum Computing Nodes (SQUARE) project, researchers at Karlsruhe Inst...

Nov 5, 2018

SQUARE Team Studies Light-Activated Materials for Multifunctional Qubits

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

One approach to quantum technology is based on materials whose quantum properties can be accessed and controlled optically. In an initiative called the Scalable Rare Earth Ion Quantum Computing Nodes (SQUARE) project, researchers at Karlsruhe Inst...

Nov 5, 2018

Researchers develop new technique to understand biology at the nanoscale

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers for the first time have shown that they can use electrical fields to gain valuable information about the tiny, floating vesicles that move around in animals and plants and are critically important to many biological functions.

Nov 5, 2018

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