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Code used to reduce quantum error in logic gates for first time: Error detection in logic gates opens path to further improvements in quantum computers

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have for the first time demonstrated improvement in quantum computers by using codes designed to detect and discard errors in the logic gates of such machines. The codes were applied to IBM's quantum computer via IBM Q.

Feb 28, 2019

Layering titanium oxide's different mineral forms for better solar cells

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A research team has improved the efficiency of a new type of solar cell with a double layer consisting of pure anatase and brookite, two different mineral forms of titanium oxide. Using water-solute brookite nanoparticles, a brookite layer was fab...

Feb 28, 2019

Biofunctionalized ceramics for cranial bone defect repair – in vivo study

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Advances in materials science and production technology have enabled bone tissue engineering (BTE) strategies that generate complex scaffolds with controlled architecture for bone repair. The novel biomaterials can be further functionalized with b...

Feb 28, 2019

Vitamins are good for your multi-energy nanogenerator

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers report a simple, innovative and inexpensive design of a vitamin-based hybrid biocompatible nanogenerator with energy harvesting ability from various energy sources in a single device. This is the first time that inexpensive and biocomp...

Feb 28, 2019

EPFL Scientists Use Directed Evolution to Build Synthetic Nanoparticles

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists who developed the approach called directed evolution, which permanently transformed protein engineering. Directed evolution imitates...

Feb 28, 2019

Researchers Develop New Method to Investigate the Behavior of Silver Nanoparticles in Natural Waters

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An innovative technique has been recently developed by researchers to study the behavior of silver nanoparticles in natural waters. This breakthrough was made by a research team from the Resolv...

Feb 28, 2019

Zips on the nanoscale

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have found a method of forming nanographenes on metal oxide surfaces.

Feb 28, 2019

Examining silver nanoparticles in natural environments

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Thanks to their antibacterial properties, the particles are used in many products. Their effect on the environment is largely unexplored. This is mainly due to the lack of suitable analytical methods. Researchers from the Resolv Cluster of Excell...

Feb 28, 2019

Hybrid material may outperform graphene in several applications

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A structure comprising a molybdenum disulfide monolayer on an azobenzene substrate could be used to build a highly compactable and malleable quasi-two-dimensional transistor powered by light.

Feb 28, 2019

UMMS scientists develop technology to give night vision to mammals

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A new study in the journal Cell describes how UMass Medical School biochemist Gang Han, PhD, and colleagues developed technology to give night vision to mammals with a simple injection that contains nanoantennae, allowing the animals to see light ...

Feb 28, 2019

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