Are you ready to get entangled in the science of the very small? That's the thread running through a new anthology, Quantum Shorts: Collected Flash Fiction Inspired by Quantum Physics.
Dec 18th, 2019
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Scientists have developed a method involving terahertz radiation to monitor temperature changes when laser light is focused on tiny gold particles in water.
Dec 18th, 2019
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New technique for observing reaction products offers insights into the chemical mechanisms that formed them.
Dec 18th, 2019
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Researchers have discovered a new method for turning nearly any object into a data storage unit. This makes it possible to save extensive data in, say, shirt buttons, water bottles or even the lenses of glasses, and then retrieve it years later.
Dec 18th, 2019
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Infrared cameras detect people and other objects by the heat they emit. Now, researchers have discovered the uncanny ability of a material to hide a target by masking its telltale heat properties.
Dec 17th, 2019
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Researchers have developed a new nanocellulose-based material that has outstanding air filtration performance.
Dec 17th, 2019
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'Tiny silver brains' could have long-term implications for more powerful, energy-efficient computing.
Dec 17th, 2019
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Researchers have discovered a novel system to generate an artificially enveloped oncolytic adenovirus to direct the immune response against cancer.
Dec 17th, 2019
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Researchers have achieved a breakthrough on the way to new types of nonvolatile memory devices. The team came up with a unique method for measuring the electric potential distribution across a ferroelectric capacitor.
Dec 17th, 2019
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Scientists have developed a new gene-therapy technique by transforming human cells into mass producers of tiny nano-sized particles full of genetic material that has the potential to reverse disease processes.
Dec 17th, 2019
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Scientists have discovered that the ultrathin gold nanoribbons with unique hexagonal (4H type) crystal phase shows 'liquid-like' behaviour under heating, but its hexagonal crystalline structure remains stable. This provides insight into the thermal stability of this new type of metallic nanomaterials and facilitates the development of practical applications in the future.
Dec 17th, 2019
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Thanks to a clever chemical design, researchers have succeeded in making a very fast molecular machine. The moving parts shift more than one nanometre relative to each other in a record-breaking time of 30 billionths of a second.
Dec 17th, 2019
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Gold nanoparticles, which are supposed to be stable in biological environments, can be degraded inside cells.
Dec 17th, 2019
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Researchers have discovered a 'telephone number' compound combining wide bandgap and robust topological surface state, which could enable room-temperature operation of ultra-energy efficient electronics.
Dec 17th, 2019
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Sientists have answered the fundamental question: 'Is it possible to move without exerting force on the environment?', by describing the tractionless self-propulsion of active matter.
Dec 16th, 2019
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Artificial Intelligence may be just the thing to accelerate spray-on solar cell technology, which could revolutionize how consumers use energy. A research team used Machine Learning, aka Artificial Intelligence to optimize the materials used to make perovskite solar cells.
Dec 16th, 2019
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