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Nanokirigami Devices Could Help Manipulate Light for Various Applications

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In the recent times, nanokirigami has started to emerge as an area of research; the technology is based on the ancient arts of origami, which involves making three-dimensional (3D) shapes by folding...

Jul 9, 2018

Physicists uncover why nanomaterial loses superconductivity: All details predicted by critical theory were confirmed on real objects in a lab

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Physicists have discovered that superconducting nanowires made of MoGe alloy undergo quantum phase transitions from a superconducting to a normal metal state when placed in an increasing magnetic field at low temperatures. The study is the first t...

Jul 9, 2018

Qubits as valves: Controlling quantum heat engines

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers are designing nano-sized quantum heat engines to explore whether they may be able to outperform classical heat engines in terms of power and efficiency.

Jul 9, 2018

Nanoparticles give immune cells a boost

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Programming the body's immune system to attack cancer cells has had promising results for treating blood cancers such as lymphoma and leukemia. This tactic has proven more challenging for solid tumors such as breast or lung cancers, but MIT resear...

Jul 9, 2018

Nanoparticles give immune cells a boost

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Drugs carried in cellular “backpacks” help T cells to destroy tumors.

Jul 9, 2018

Qubits as valves: Controlling quantum heat engines

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers are designing nano-sized quantum heat engines to explore whether they may be able to outperform classical heat engines in terms of power and efficiency.

Jul 9, 2018

Ultralow-Noise Amplifiers Show Exceptional Reach for High-Speed Optical Communications

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

The reach and capacity in today’s fiber optical transmission links are limited by the accumulation of noise, originating from optical amplifiers in the link, and by the signal distortion from nonlinear effects in the transmission fiber. In this de...

Jul 9, 2018

Manipulating single atoms with an electron beam

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

All matter is composed of atoms, which are too small to see without powerful modern instruments including electron microscopes. The same electrons that form images of atomic structures can also be used to move atoms in materials. This technique of...

Jul 9, 2018

Manipulating single atoms in graphene with an electron beam

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The same electrons that form images of atomic structures can also be used to move atoms in materials. This technique of single-atom manipulation is now able to achieve nearly perfect control over the movement of individual silicon impurity atoms w...

Jul 9, 2018

Plasmonic patch boosts brightness in medical diagnostic tests

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A multidisciplinary team has developed a high-tech fix that utilizes metal nanostructures to increase the fluorescence intensity by 100 times in these diagnostic tests. It's a cheap and easy solution to what has previously been a vexing diagnostic...

Jul 9, 2018

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