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Researchers develop new technique to understand biology at the nanoscale

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Researchers for the first time have shown that they can use electrical fields to gain valuable information about the tiny, floating vesicles that move around in animals and plants and are critically important to many biological functions.

Nov 5, 2018

Physicists name and codify new field in nanotechnology: 'electron quantum metamaterials'

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New materials are being synthesized by twisting and stacking atomically thin layers. To bring it all under one roof, physicists propose this field of research be called 'electron quantum metamaterials'.

Nov 5, 2018

Berkeley Lab to Build Quantum Computing Testbed

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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will receive $30 million over five years to build and operate an Advanced Quantum Testbed (AQT). Researchers will use the testbed to explore superconducting quantum processors...

Nov 5, 2018

Successful kick off meeting for the new LIFE project NanoEXPLORE

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The Life NanoEXPLORE project addresses current data gaps and barriers limiting the implementation of REACH regulation and the use of human bio-monitoring data in the protection of human health and the environment when dealing with particles in the...

Nov 5, 2018

Nanoplatelets improve LCD and LED screens

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Researchers at the Physical and Analytical Chemistry department of the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) of Castellón, Spain, have taken part in the design of semiconductor nanoplatelets with a broadened range of colours to improve LCD and LED screens, th...

Nov 5, 2018

An Advanced High-Performance Nanopowder Facility for Metal 3D Printing

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A modern high-performance facility for the production of metal powders used for 3D printing is being developed by researchers from the Department of Industrial Technologies of the Yurga Institute of...

Nov 5, 2018

Study Shows Spaced-Out Nanotwins Could Improve Strength and Other Properties of Metals

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A research team from Brown University and the Institute of Metals Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered a new method to apply nanotwins to make stronger metals. Nanotwins are...

Nov 5, 2018

Exploring the structure and properties of new graphene-like polymers

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A team of scientists from Siberian Federal University (SibFU), together with foreign colleagues, described the structural and physical properties of a group of two-dimensional materials based on polycyclic molecules called circulenes. The possibil...

Nov 5, 2018

Nanorobots propel through the eye

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Researchers of the Micro, Nano and Molecular Systems Lab at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, together with an international team of scientists, have developed propeller-shaped nanorobots that, for the first time, are ...

Nov 5, 2018

Scientists Demonstrate Topologically Protected Biphoton States

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An optical circuit based on the principles of topology could provide protection for propagation of biphoton states, which will be needed for quantum computing. Researchers at the University of Sydney have experimentally demonstrated topological p...

Nov 5, 2018

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