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Quantum optics offers topological matter even more protection

Quantum light can help create longer lasting quantum states useful for information processing.

Mar 24th, 2022

Getting warmer: Improving heat flux modeling

Researchers use a computer simulation to model to flow of heat at the surface of a solid-liquid interface with atomic resolution, which may help in the development of novel nanoscale manufacturing methods.

Mar 24th, 2022

Revamped design could take powerful biological computers from the test tube to the cell

Researchers have developed long-lived biological computers that could potentially persist inside cells. They forgo the traditional DNA-based approach, opting instead to use the nucleic acid RNA to build computers.

Mar 23rd, 2022

A stretchy display for shapable electronics

After discovering a groundbreaking way to create an elastic light-emitting polymer, chemical engineers have developed high-brightness, stretchy color displays.

Mar 23rd, 2022

Quantum sensors: Measuring even more precisely

Physicists have designed the first programmable quantum sensor, and tested it in the laboratory. The innovative method promises quantum sensors whose precision reaches close to the limit set by the laws of nature.

Mar 23rd, 2022

Don't underestimate undulating graphene

Scientists put forth the idea that growing atom-thick graphene on a gently textured surface creates peaks and valleys in the sheets that turn them into 'pseudo-electromagnetic' devices.

Mar 23rd, 2022

Feeding silkworms carbon dots to produce brightly fluorescent silk

Although the natural domestic silkworm's (Bombyx mori) silk has almost no fluorescence, researchers have now managed to get silkworms to produce brightly fluorescent silk.

Mar 23rd, 2022

Growing uniformly sized nanodiamonds

Scientists report a method to grow ultra-uniform nanodiamonds without the need for explosives. The technique also could be used to add beneficial single-atom defects in otherwise perfect crystals.

Mar 23rd, 2022

Biodegradable implant could help doctors monitor brain chemistry

A wireless, biodegradable sensor could offer doctors a way to monitor changes in brain chemistry without requiring a second operation to remove the implant, according to an international team of researchers.

Mar 23rd, 2022

Tracking real-time atomic movement between crystal grains in metals

Observations of grain sliding revealed unexpected movements that dictate mechanical behavior in metals.

Mar 23rd, 2022

Autonomous nanomachines inspired by nature

Researchers are another step closer to building molecular machines capable of responding to changes in their environment to perform complex functions.

Mar 23rd, 2022

Nanoparticle-based COVID-19 vaccine could target future infectious diseases

Just one dose of a new nanoparticle-based COVID-19 vaccine was enough to produce an immune response in animals on track with vaccines currently in clinical use. And with minor changes, researchers hope the same vaccine platform could target other infectious diseases.