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'Naturally insulating' material emits pulses of superfluorescent light at room temperature

NanoDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers looking to synthesize a brighter and more stable nanoparticle for optical applications found that their creation instead exhibited a more surprising property: bursts of superfluorescence that occurred at both room temperature and regul...

Sep 7, 2022

Advanced microscope techniques could pave way for improved computer memories

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New results give information about phase transitions at the nanoscale.

Sep 7, 2022

Light accelerates conductivity in nature's 'electric grid'

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The natural world possesses its own intrinsic electrical grid composed of a global web of tiny bacteria-generated nanowires in the soil and oceans that 'breathe' by exhaling excess electrons. Researchers have now discovered that light is...

Sep 7, 2022

Magnetic skyrmions - ready for take-off?

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have now achieved full nanometer-scale control of the skyrmion generation by two independent approaches employing helium-ion irradiation or using backside reflective masks.

Sep 7, 2022

Quantum hackers tackle real-world problems – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The UK’s first quantum computing hackathon challenged teams of students and early-career scientists to devise novel quantum solutions to real-life problems The post Quantum hackers tackle real-world problems appeared first on Physics World.

Sep 7, 2022

Yale Scientists Discover That Light Accelerates Conductivity in Nature’s “Electric Grid”

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

There is a global web of tiny bacteria-generated nanowires in the soil and oceans that “breathe” by exhaling excess electrons, composing an intrinsic electrical grid for the natural world. In a new research study, Yale University scientists found ...

Sep 7, 2022

New Quantum Material has Important Implications for Controlling Electron Flow in Nanodevices

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A research team led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, has demonstrated a new magnetized state in a monolayer of tungsten ditelluride, or WTe2, a new quantum material. Called a magnetized or ferromagnetic quantum spin Hall ...

Sep 7, 2022

Haydale supplies graphene to NeoEnpla for use in food packaging

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Haydale has started to supply South Korean plastics developer NeoEnpla with functionalized graphene nano-platelets (GNPs) for use in food packaging. Functionalized using Haydale's patented HDPlas® technology, the GNP-enhanced thermoplastic ha...

Sep 7, 2022

'Diamond rain' on giant icy planets could be more common than previously thought

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers found that oxygen boosts this exotic precipitation, revealing a new path to make nanodiamonds here on Earth.

Sep 7, 2022

Novel Electrochemical Biosensor Shows High Sensitivity on Cancer Biomarker for Early Diagnosis

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

The novel electrochemical biosensor is based on hierarchical Au nanoarrays and grown on the MXene membranes to improve cancer detection at its early stage. Read on to find out more.

Sep 7, 2022

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