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From nata de coco to computer screens: Cellulose gets a chance to shine

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Researchers meticulously measured the optical birefringence of highly aligned cellulose nanofibers, paving the way for sharper television, computer, and smartphone screens.

Apr 18, 2019

BASF invests in quantum computing startup

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

BASF Venture Capital is joining a group of prominent investors in the Series A investment round of Zapata Computing, Inc. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Zapata is developing both a powerful software platform as well as specific applic...

Apr 18, 2019

BASF invests in quantum computing startup

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BASF Venture Capital is joining a group of prominent investors in the Series A investment round of Zapata Computing, Inc. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Zapata is developing both a powerful software platform as well as specific applic...

Apr 18, 2019

Flies smell through a Gore-Tex system

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A research group led by a scientist of the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) has gained important insights into the nanopores that allow the fruit fly to detect chemicals in the air, and has identified the gene responsible for th...

Apr 18, 2019

Demonstrating a weak topological insulator in bismuth iodide

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Topological insulators are one of the most exciting discoveries of the 21st century. They can be simply described as materials that conduct electricity on their surface or edge, but are insulating in their interior bulk. Their conductive propertie...

Apr 18, 2019

Multistep self-assembly opens door to new reconfigurable materials

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Self-assembling synthetic materials come together when tiny, uniform building blocks interact and form a structure. However, nature lets materials like proteins of varying size and shape assemble, allowing for complex architectures that can handle...

Apr 18, 2019

From nata de coco to computer screens: Cellulose gets a chance to shine

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers meticulously measured the optical birefringence of highly aligned cellulose nanofibers, paving the way for sharper television, computer, and smartphone screens.

Apr 18, 2019

Nanoscale magnetic imaging of ferritin in a single cell

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In life sciences, the ability to measure the distribution of biomolecules inside a cell in situ is an important investigative goal. Among a variety of techniques, scientists have used magnetic imaging (MI) based on the nitrogen vacancy center (NV)...

Apr 18, 2019

Luminescing nanosized crystals are showing promise for peering deeply into body tissues

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Investigations of 'quantum dots' for looking deeply into body tissues are rapidly evolving, but more work is required to ensure they are safe, according to a review published in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.

Apr 18, 2019

Researchers report observation of room-temperature polar skyrmions

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An international team of researchers has discovered a way to create and observe room-temperature polar skyrmions. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes creating the polar skyrmions and their observations. Pavlo Zubko,...

Apr 18, 2019

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