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An innovative twist: Tubular nanomaterial of carbon makes ideal home for spinning quantum bits

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists are vigorously competing to transform the counterintuitive discoveries about the quantum realm from a century past into technologies of the future. The building block in these technologies is the quantum bit, or qubit. Several different...

Mar 6, 2023

Carbon nanotube makes ideal home for spinning quantum bits

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists find that a carbon nanotube makes for ideal host to keep quantum bits spinning in place for use in quantum information technologies.

Mar 6, 2023

Trapping and killing superbugs with novel peptide 'nanonets'

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National University of Singapore (NUS) pharmaceutical scientists have developed synthetic peptide nanonets for treating infections by bacteria strains resistant to last-resort antibiotics.

Mar 6, 2023

The large-area synthesis and transfer of multilayer hBN for fabricating 2D electronics

Tech Xplore   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Kyushu University, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and Osaka University in Japan have recently introduced a new strategy for synthesizing multi-layer hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), a mater...

Mar 6, 2023

Bending 2D nanomaterial could 'switch on' future technologies

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Rice University materials scientist Boris Yakobson and collaborators uncovered a property of ferroelectric 2D materials that could be exploited as a feature in future devices.

Mar 6, 2023

NASA’s PEACOQ Detector Could Transform How Quantum Computers Exchange Huge Quantities of Data

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

NASA’s PEACOQ Quantum Detector Achieves World-Leading Milestone A new JPL- and Caltech-developed detector could transform how quantum computers, located thousands of miles apart, exchange huge...

Mar 6, 2023

Graphene quantum dots show promise as novel magnetic field sensors

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Trapped electrons traveling in circular loops at extreme speeds inside graphene quantum dots are highly sensitive to external magnetic fields and could be used as novel magnetic field sensors with unique capabilities, according to a new study.

Mar 6, 2023

Anker charging accessories are up to 48 percent off in Amazon sale

Engadget   -   General News Websites

Anker's charging accessories are of higher quality than most third-party products, but they also tend to be more costly. Now, you can now grab a number of Anker chargers, cables and more at Amazon with discounts up to 48 percent. Some of the ...

Mar 6, 2023

3D Pictures of Single Nanoparticles with Short and Strong X-Ray Pulses

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

For more than a century, X-Ray diffraction has been used to understand the structure of crystals or proteins; for example, the well-known double helix structure of DNA, which carries genetic...

Mar 6, 2023

Bending 2D nanomaterial could 'switch on' future technologies: Scientists find new workable feature of a class of 2D materials

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Materials scientists have uncovered a property of ferroelectric 2D materials that could be exploited in future devices.

Mar 6, 2023

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