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Watching electrons at work

Scientists have taken snapshots of the crystal structure of perovskite nanocrystals as it was deformed by excited electrons. To their surprise, the deformation straightened out the skewed crystal structure rather than making it more disordered.

Dec 5th, 2023

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Graphene discs generate picosecond-switchable magnetic fields

Researchers developed graphene discs that generate magnetic fields 10,000x Earth's - switchable in picoseconds. By stirring electrons with light, discs produce swirling plasmons acting as nanomagnets toggled in trillionths of a second, enabling dynamic control from quantum dots to magnetocaloric materials.

Dec 4th, 2023

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Superconducting nanowires detect single protein ions

Due to their high energy sensitivity, superconducting nanowire detectors achieve almost 100% quantum efficiency and exceed the detection efficiency of conventional ion detectors at low energies by a factor of up to a 1,000. In contrast to conventional detectors, they can also distinguish macromolecules by their impact energy.

Dec 4th, 2023

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Molecular PicoRulers for high-resolution microscopy

Scientists present a groundbreaking advance for the world of high-resolution fluorescence microscopy.The innovative method enables researchers for the first time to use biomolecules as molecular rulers to calibrate the latest super-resolution microscopy methods, which have a resolution of just a few nanometres.

Dec 1st, 2023

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Photonic chip that 'fits together like Lego'

A new semiconductor architecture that integrates traditional electronics with photonic, or light, components could have application in advanced radar, satellites, wireless networks and 6G telecommunications - and provide a pathway for a local semiconductor industry.

Dec 1st, 2023

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2D material reshapes 3D electronics for AI hardware

Researchers demonstrated monolithic 3D integration of layered 2D material into novel processing hardware for artificial intelligence (AI) computing. They envision that their new approach will not only provide a material-level solution for fully integrating many functions into a single, small electronic chip, but also pave the way for advanced AI computing.

Dec 1st, 2023

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