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AI used in identifying an antimalarial drug that can reverse osteoporosis

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

In what will soon be commonplace in drug research, scientists have used an artificial-intelligence algorithmic program to identify a compound, currently used in antimalarial treatment, that can effectively reverse the bone deterioration of osteopo...

Oct 19, 2023

Harcros Chemicals signs Letter of Intent to use Avadain’s technology to manufacture graphene flakes

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Harcros Chemicals, a U.S-based manufacturer of innovative and sustainable chemicals, has entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Avadain stating mutual intent for Harcros to become the first company to commercially manufacture Avadain’s signatu...

Oct 19, 2023

Bizarre new electronic state discovered in five-layer graphene

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It seems there’s no end to surprises from everybody’s favorite wonder material, graphene. MIT physicists have now discovered yet another brand new electronic state hiding in this overachieving little material – something they give the bizarre name...

Oct 19, 2023

Going rogue: Scientists apply giant wave mechanics on a nanometric scale

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have shown how the principles of rogue waves -- huge 30-meter waves that arise unexpectedly in the ocean -- can be applied on a nano scale, with dozens of applications from medicine to manufacturing.

Oct 18, 2023

Scientists develop novel nanoparticles that could serve as contrast agents

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Special nanoparticles could one day improve modern imaging techniques. Developed by researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), the properties of these unique nanoparticles change in reaction to heat. When combined with an inte...

Oct 18, 2023

Going rogue: Scientists apply giant wave mechanics on a nanometric scale

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers have shown how the principles of rogue waves—huge 30-meter waves that arise unexpectedly in the ocean—can be applied on a nano scale, with dozens of applications from medicine to manufacturing.

Oct 18, 2023

3D isotropic microfabrication in glass using spatiotemporal focusing of femtosecond laser pulses

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Femtosecond (fs) laser direct writing (FLDW) is a laser micro/nano manufacturing technology that can focus the laser pulses on the surface or inside the material, causing local changes in material properties through nonlinear laser-material intera...

Oct 18, 2023

MIT Physicists Discover Another Surprising Property in Graphene: Ferro-Valleytricity

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

A newly discovered type of electronic behavior from a five-layer graphene sandwich could help with packing more data into magnetic memory devices.

Oct 18, 2023

Nondestructive measurement realized in ytterbium qubits, aiding scalable neutral atom quantum computing

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Atoms of the metal ytterbium-171 may be the closest things in nature to perfect qubits. A recent study shows how to use them for repeated quantum measurements and qubit rotations, which may aid in the development of scalable quantum computing.

Oct 18, 2023

Crushing Plutonium for Nuclear Safety

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Deep below the Nevada desert, a machine dubbed Scorpius is under construction that will use high explosives to crush plutonium to states that exist just prior to a nuclear explosion. The aim of the US $1.8 billion project is to scan this plutonium...

Oct 18, 2023

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