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Carnegie Mellon chemists manipulate the quantum states of gold nanoclusters

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Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Chemistry have found a way to control the lifetime of the quantum states of gold nanoclusters by three orders of magnitude, which could lead to improvements in solar cell and photoca...

Apr 26, 2019

Nanoparticles take a fantastic, magnetic voyage

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MIT engineers have designed tiny robots that can help drug-delivery nanoparticles push their way out of the bloodstream and into a tumor or another disease site. The magnetic microrobots could help to overcome one of the biggest obstacles to deliv...

Apr 26, 2019

Flame-retardant coating for wood is made from ... wood

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Wood is an established and versatile construction material, used to build everything from high-rises and airports to apartment buildings. It also, however, is not immune to catching fire. A new coating could help keep that from happening, a...

Apr 25, 2019

MEMS Version of Intel 4004 Chip Could be Made to Prove Nanomechanical Computer Designs | NextBigFuture.com

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MEMS Version of Intel 4004 Chip Could be Made to Prove Nanomechanical Computer Designs

Apr 25, 2019

Scientists propose new method for studying hydrodynamic behavior of electrons in graphene

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By studying how electrons in two-dimensional graphene can literally act like a liquid, researchers have paved the way for further research into a material that has the potential to enable future electronic computing devices that outpace silicon tr...

Apr 25, 2019

New 30-Minute Blood Test Could Dramatically Reduce Sepsis Deaths

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A new detector using photonics to identify E. coli bacteria from a tiny drop of blood in less than 30 minutes could help reduce the mortality rate from sepsis by more than 70%. Programmed to detect proteins and E.coli, one of the deadly bacteria...

Apr 25, 2019

New method proposed for studying hydrodynamic behavior of electrons in graphene

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By studying how electrons in two-dimensional graphene can literally act like a liquid, researchers have paved the way for further research into a material that has the potential to enable future electronic computing devices that outpace silicon tr...

Apr 25, 2019

New method proposed for studying hydrodynamic behavior of electrons in graphene: Published work paves the way for further research into the potential of graphene

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

By studying how electrons in two-dimensional graphene can literally act like a liquid, researchers have paved the way for further research into a material that has the potential to enable future electronic computing devices that outpace silicon tr...

Apr 25, 2019

Unprecedented insight into two-dimensional magnets using diamond quantum sensors

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For the first time, physicists have succeeded in measuring the magnetic properties of atomically thin van der Waals materials on the nanoscale. They used diamond quantum sensors to determine the strength of the magnetization of individual atomic l...

Apr 25, 2019

Nanomechanical Router Could Open Way for Scalable Quantum Networks

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University of Copenhagen researchers have developed a nanocomponent that emits photons carrying quantum information. The component, called a nanomechanical router, emits quantum information carried by photons and routes the photons in different di...

Apr 25, 2019

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