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Graphite offers up new quantum surprise

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have discovered unexpected phenomena in graphite thanks to their previous research on its two-dimensional (2D) relative - graphene.

Feb 25, 2019

With nanotubes, genetic engineering in plants is easy-peasy

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Inserting or tweaking genes in plants is more art than science, but with a new technique, scientists could make genetically engineering any type of plant - in particular, gene editing with CRISPR-Cas9 - simple and quick.

Feb 25, 2019

A faster method to read quantum memory

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The potential computing revolution that quantum computers have long promised is based on their weird property called superposition. Namely, qubits can take both logical states 0 and 1 simultaneously, on top of any value in between. By mastering su...

Feb 25, 2019

A new spin in nano-electronics: Researchers succeed in controlling extremely short-wavelength spin waves

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

In recent years, electronic data processing has been evolving in one direction only: the industry has downsized its components to the nanometer range. But this process is now reaching its physical limits. Researchers are therefore exploring spin w...

Feb 25, 2019

Team uses nanoparticles to deliver genes into plant chloroplasts

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

MIT researchers have developed a new genetic tool that could make it easier to engineer plants that can survive drought or resist fungal infections. Their technique, which uses nanoparticles to deliver genes into the chloroplasts of plant cells, w...

Feb 25, 2019

Graphite offers up new quantum surprise

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at The University of Manchester in the UK, led by Dr. Artem Mishchenko, Prof Volodya Fal'ko and Prof Andre Geim, have discovered the quantum Hall effect in bulk graphite—a layered crystal consisting of stacked graphene layers. Thi...

Feb 25, 2019

With nanotubes, genetic engineering in plants is easy-peasy

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Inserting or tweaking genes in plants is more art than science, but a new technique developed by University of California, Berkeley, scientists could make genetically engineering any type of plant—in particular, gene editing with CRISPR-Cas9—simpl...

Feb 25, 2019

An easier way to engineer plants

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

MIT-led team uses nanoparticles to deliver genes into plant chloroplasts.

Feb 25, 2019

Perovskite Quantum Dots Deliver Coherent Single-Photon Emission

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

In an advancement toward a single photon source for use in quantum computing and communications devices, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and ETH Zurich showed that individual perovskite quantum dots could be used as ...

Feb 25, 2019

Sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS) significantly improves EUV patterning

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his week, at the SPIE Advanced Lithography conference 2019, imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, demonstrates the positive impact of sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS) on the EUVL (ext...

Feb 25, 2019

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