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Electronic noise due to temperature difference in atomic-scale junctions

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Noise is a fundamental feature of any electrical measurement that calculates random and correlated signal fluctuations. Although noise is typically undesirable, noise can be used to probe quantum effects and thermodynamic quantities. Writing in Na...

Oct 30, 2018

Integrated quantum chip operations possible, tests show

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

For the first time, an Australian team has combined two fundamental quantum techniques on an integrated silicon platform, confirming the promise of silicon -- the basis of all modern computer chips -- for quantum computing.

Oct 30, 2018

Using nanomaterials that respond to cancer-specific stimuli for targeted delivery of treatments and imaging compounds

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanosystems that deliver anticancer drugs or imaging materials to tumours are showing significant progress, particularly those that respond to tumour-related stimuli, according to a review published in the journal Science and Technology of Advance...

Oct 30, 2018

Nanowire-based light detectors work like gecko ears

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

By structuring nanowires in a way that mimics geckos? ears, researchers have found a way to record the incoming angle of light. This technology could have applications in robotic vision, photography and augmented reality.

Oct 30, 2018

Tiny, pain free vaccinations—microneedles and nanoparticles

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

If it's up to Ph.D. student Guangsheng Du, patients don't need to worry about big needles anymore. At the Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research (LACDR), he studied the use of microneedles and nanoparticles as a new vaccination system....

Oct 30, 2018

Tiny, pain free vaccinations - microneedles and nanoparticles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Microneedles can be used to deliver nanovaccines in a non-invasive and pain-free way and induce effective immune responses.

Oct 30, 2018

Scientists discover technique for manipulating magnets at nanoscale

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Physicists from the University of California, Irvine have discovered a new way to control magnets at the nanometer scale by electric current. This breakthrough, detailed in a paper published today in Nature Nanotechnology, may pave the way for the...

Oct 30, 2018

Scientists discover technique for manipulating magnets at nanoscale

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Physicists have discovered a new way to control magnets at the nanometer scale by electric current. This breakthrough may pave the way for the next generation of energy-efficient computers and data centers.

Oct 30, 2018

High-performance solar cells with lower cost | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

Chinese researchers have developed solar cells which are high efficiency and lower cost. Nano Energy Journal – Modulation-doped ZnO as high performance electron-selective layer for efficient silicon heterojunction solar cells Highlights • The Li-d...

Oct 30, 2018

ICEAN 2018: Nanotechnology-Based Advanced Technologies and Solutions

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanotechnology experts from around the world, who use innovation in materials science to create advanced technologies and solutions for the environment, energy, and health sectors, will congregate in...

Oct 30, 2018

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