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Holographic histopathology enables fast, precise diagnostics

New optical diffraction tomography method increases imaging speed and resolution for improved diagnostics in histopathology.

April 30, 2021 Read more

World's first fibre-optic ultrasonic imaging probe for future nanoscale disease diagnostics

Researchers have developed an ultrasonic imaging system, which can be deployed on the tip of a hair-thin optical fibre, and will be insertable into the human body to visualise cell abnormalities in 3D.

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Researchers analyze circulating currents inside gold nanoparticles

Scientists have developed a method to compute, visualize, and analyze the circulating electron currents inside complex 3D nanostructures. The method was applied to gold nanoparticles with a diameter of only about one nanometer.

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New brain-like computing device simulates human learning

Researchers have developed a brain-like computing device that is capable of learning by association.

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Emerging materials for the electrochemical detection of COVID-19

International group of scientists conducted research on electrochemical biosensors.

April 30, 2021 Read more

Nanopore sequencing platform can detect the building blocks of DNA and RNA

Researchers have developed a nanopore sequencing platform that, for the first time, can detect the presence of nucleobases.

April 29, 2021 Read more

Blueprint for a robust quantum future

International team establishes guidelines that will serve as a blueprint for pivotal discoveries in quantum information science.

April 29, 2021 Read more

Targeting tumors with nanoworms (w/video)

Engineers use supercomputers and AI to improve delivery of nanomedicines for cancer.

April 29, 2021 Read more

Heavy charge against water germs

Removing pathogens from drinking water is especially difficult when the germs are too tiny to be caught by conventional filters. Researchers are developing new materials and processes to free water from pathogenic microorganisms such as viruses.

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Breakthrough thanks to helices made of nickel

Physicists confirm chiral Faraday effect in an experiment for the first time.

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Synthesis of a sidewall fragment of a (12,0) carbon nanotube

Chemists have developed a strategy for the atomically precise synthesis of fully conjugated zigzag-edged carbon nanobelts. The obtained molecule is acknowledged as one of the first fully characterised synthetic segments of zigzag-edged carbon nanotube. Such molecular structures have been elusive targets for synthetic chemists for the past 35 years.

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Team makes single photon switch advance

The ability to turn on and off a physical process with just one photon is a fundamental building block for quantum photonic technologies. Realizing this in a chip-scale architecture is important for scalability.

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A path to graphene topological qubits

Researchers demonstrate that magnetism and superconductivity can coexist in graphene, opening a pathway towards graphene-based topological qubits.

April 28, 2021 Read more

Scientists harness molecules into single quantum state

Discovery could open new fields in quantum chemistry and technology.

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Using nanobodies to block a tick-borne bacterial infection

Tiny molecules called nanobodies, which can be designed to mimic antibody structures and functions, may be the key to blocking a tick-borne bacterial infection that remains out of reach of almost all antibiotics, new research suggests.

April 28, 2021 Read more

Measuring the Moon's nano dust is no small matter

Scientists are now measuring tinier moon dust particles than ever before, a step toward more precisely explaining the Moon's apparent color and brightness. This in turn might help improve tracking of weather patterns and other phenomena by satellite cameras that use the Moon as a calibration source.

April 28, 2021 Read more