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Linear Waveguide Streamlines Directional Single-Photon Production

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from the Institute of Optics of CSIC and the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO, Spain) have developed and demonstrated an approach to generating single photons along well-defined directions. The advancement avoids the need for sophi...

Jul 31, 2023

Nanotech used to grow eye cells as a potential treatment for blindness

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers have used 3D nanotechnology to successfully grow human retinal cells, opening the door to a new way of treating age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in the developed world.

Jul 31, 2023

Researchers develop accelerated synthesis method for ultralong graphene nanoribbons

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers from POLYMAT at the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research and the University of Aveiro have reported an accelerated iterative approach enabling the synthesis of a series of length-controlle...

Jul 31, 2023

The Nanobionic Super Heat membrane: revolutionising outerwear and beyond

Innovation in Textiles   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

A proprietary combination of advanced minerals are carefully engineered to capitalise on the body’s natural heat production.

Jul 31, 2023

Researchers develop fullerene-pillared porous graphene material with high water adsorption capacity

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A team of researchers from Japan's Chiba University, led by Associate Professor Tomonori Ohba and including master’s students, Mr. Kai Haraguchi and Mr. Sogo Iwakami, has fabricated fullerene-pillared porous graphene (FPPG)—a carbon composite...

Jul 30, 2023

Nano Nightmare: Billions of Nanoplastics Released When Microwaving Baby Food Containers

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Exposure to particles from baby food containers kills up to 75% of cultured kidney cells.

Jul 29, 2023

This Machine Could Keep Moore’s Law on Track

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Over the last half-century, we’ve come to think of Moore’s Law—the roughly biennial doubling of the number of transistors in a given area of silicon, the gains that drive computing forward—as something that just happens, as though it were a natura...

Jul 29, 2023

New technology could revolutionize treatment for age-related macular degeneration

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Scientists have found a way to use nanotechnology to create a 3D 'scaffold' to grow cells from the retina –paving the way for potential new ways of treating a common cause of blindness.

Jul 28, 2023

Recent advances in, and perspectives on, photonic bound states in the continuum

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The interactions between light and matter are a central research focus in the field of photonics. Resonant cavities with high quality factors (Q) are capable to confine light effectively and exhibit ultra-long radiation lifetimes, making them esse...

Jul 28, 2023

Researchers use quantum computer to identify molecular candidate for development of more efficient solar cells

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Using the full capabilities of the Quantinuum H1-1 quantum computer, researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory not only demonstrated best practices for scientific computing on current quantum systems but also p...

Jul 28, 2023

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