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Researchers report a way to exploit graphene's speedy response to light in photodetectors

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Graphene is known to have an extremely quick response to incoming light, which leads scientists to believe it can potentially lead to applications like ultrafast photodetectors that could meet the ever-growing demand for internet bandwidth. Howeve...

Jun 29, 2023

Scientists find key evidence for existence of nanohertz gravitational waves

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A group of Chinese scientists has recently found key evidence for the existence of nanohertz gravitational waves, marking a new era in nanohertz gravitational wave research. The research was based on pulsar timing observations carried out with the...

Jun 28, 2023

Nvidia, Intel Show First Tests to Train GPT-3

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For the first time, a large language model—a key driver of recent AI hype and hope—has been added to MLPerf, a set of neural-network training benchmarks that have previously been called the Olympics of machine learning. Computers built around Nvid...

Jun 28, 2023

How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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You might be able to take the girl off the farm, but you can’t necessarily take the farm out of the girl, as the saying goes. That was the case for Melba Crawford, who as a teenager couldn’t wait to leave her family’s farm in Illinois to pursue an...

Jun 28, 2023

Scientists Reveal That Water Can “Talk” to Electrons in Graphene

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Researchers confirm theory of quantum friction. Water and carbon make a quantum couple: the flow of water on a carbon surface is governed by an unusual phenomenon dubbed quantum friction.

Jun 28, 2023

'Electronic skin' from bio-friendly materials can track human vital signs with ultrahigh precision

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Researchers have used materials inspired by molecular gastronomy to create smart wearables that surpassed similar devices in terms of strain sensitivity. They integrated graphene into seaweed to create nanocomposite microcapsules for highly tunabl...

Jun 28, 2023

Scientists design a nanoparticle that may improve mRNA cancer vaccines: Tests in mice with melanoma and colon cancer show the tiny particle creates an 'army' of immune cells that carry vaccine's instructions, say the researchers

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Scientists say they have developed a nanoparticle -- an extremely tiny biodegradable container -- that has the potential to improve the delivery of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based vaccines for infectious diseases such as COVID-19, and vacc...

Jun 28, 2023

Research breakthrough could be significant for quantum computing future: Crucial characteristic of new superconductor material confirmed

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Scientists using one of the world's most powerful quantum microscopes have made a discovery that could have significant consequences for the future of computing. Researchers have discovered a spatially modulating superconducting state in a ne...

Jun 28, 2023

Researchers develop a nano-antenna that forms a near field of circularly polarized light

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A research group from Kobe University in Japan have proposed and tested a nano-antenna that uses the specific optical resonance of dielectric nanoparticles to form a near field of circularly polarized light. This technique bolsters the circularly ...

Jun 28, 2023

Scientists design a nanoparticle that may improve mRNA cancer vaccines

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Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have developed a nanoparticle—an extremely tiny biodegradable container—that has the potential to improve the delivery of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based vaccines for infectious diseases such as C...

Jun 28, 2023

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