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My Favourite Qubit: the atomic ion – Physics World

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Join the audience for a live webinar on 9 November 2023 sponsored by IOP Publishing, HUBNER Photonics and Kiutra The post My Favourite Qubit: the atomic ion appeared first on Physics World.

Oct 3, 2023

A graphene addition for enhancing the critical current density of Bi-2223 superconductors

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Superconductors are materials that offer zero electric resistance to the flow of current on being cooled down below a certain critical temperature. Typically, superconductors have a very low critical temperature, close to absolute zero. However, a...

Oct 3, 2023

Graphene, tin combo shows promise for solar panels, artificial muscles and more

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Doing an experiment with a cake on a cookie sounds simple. But when researchers from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) developed a unique dataset for combining 2D graphene and 3D tin, the process was all but simple—it required a great ...

Oct 3, 2023

Navigating the risks and benefits of AI: Lessons from nanotechnology

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Twenty years ago, nanotechnology was the artificial intelligence of its time. The specific details of these technologies are, of course, a world apart. But the challenges of ensuring each technology's responsible and beneficial development ar...

Oct 3, 2023

Wearable sensor to monitor 'last line of defense' antibiotic

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Researchers have combined earlier work on  painless microneedles with nanoscale sensors to create a wearable sensor patch capable of continuously monitoring the levels of a ‘last line of defense’ antibiotic.

Oct 3, 2023

Optimizing continuous-variable functions with quantum annealing

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Quantum annealing (QA) is a cutting-edge algorithm that leverages the unique properties of quantum computing to tackle complex combinatorial optimization problems (a class of mathematical problems dealing with discrete-variable functions).

Oct 3, 2023

Nano-mechanoelectrical approach increases DNA detection sensitivity by 100 times

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UMass Amherst researchers have pushed forward the boundaries of biomedical engineering one hundredfold with a new method for DNA detection with unprecedented sensitivity.

Oct 3, 2023

Bruker Introduces Next-Generation Nanomechanical Test System

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At the annual Materials Science and Technology (MS&T23) conference, Bruker Corporation today announced the release of the Hysitron TI 990 TriboIndenter®, which brings superior levels of performance, automation, and productivity to nanomech...

Oct 3, 2023

Wearable sensor system can track antibiotic levels in real time

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Researchers have combined painless microneedles with nanoscale sensors to create a wearable sensor patch capable of continuously monitoring the levels of one of these antibiotics.

Oct 3, 2023

Scientists develop nanozyme mimetic that degrades effluents under sunlight

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Scientists at the Materials Research Center (MRC), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have developed a new type of enzyme mimetic that can degrade toxic chemicals in industrial wastewater effectively in the presence of sunlight.

Oct 3, 2023

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