A quantum thermometer for measuring ultra-cold temperatures
Researchers show that a quantum sensor using a single atom can accurately measure the coldest places in the universeCredit: OIST ...
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Immunotherapy: Enhancing the therapeutic effectiveness of photothermal cancer treatments
Credit: by Zhongjian Xie, Minhua Peng, Ruitao Lu, Xiangying Meng, Weiyuan Liang, Zhongjun Li, Meng Qiu, Bin Zhang, Guohui Nie, ...
Rapid 3D printing with visible light
Credit: Adapted from ACS Central Science 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c00929 3D printing has driven innovations in fields ranging from art to ...
Metalloxocubes: A new class of neutral Co13O8 clusters with cubic aromaticity
Credit: ©Science China Press Building materials with a clear composition and stable structure is one of the primary challenges in ...
Device could help detect signs of extraterrestrial life
Credit: Adapted from Analytical Chemistry 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c01628 Although Earth is uniquely situated in the solar system to support creatures ...
Microsoft and University of Copenhagen collaboration yields promising material for quantum computing
Credit: Charles Marcus Researchers at the Microsoft Quantum Materials Lab and the University of Copenhagen, working closely together, have succeeded ...
Physicists make electrical nanolasers even smaller
Credit: Dmitry Fedyanin Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and King's College London cleared the obstacle that ...
Novel photoresist enables 3D printing of smallest porous structures
Researchers of the cluster of excellence 3D matter made to order expand possibilities of two-photon microprintingCredit: Figure: 3DMM2O Researchers of ...
Liquid water at 170 degrees Celsius
X-ray laser reveals anomalous dynamics at ultra-fast heatingCredit: DESY, Britta Liebaug Using the X-ray laser European XFEL, a research team ...
Skoltech research puts exciton-polaritons in their place with new artificial laser-built lattices
Credit: Pickup, L. et. al./Nature Communications Researchers at the Hybrid Photonics Laboratories in Skoltech and Southampton (UK), in collaboration with ...
Schöninger spears – mankind’s earliest wooden weapons
DFG funds research project of the University of Göttingen and the Lower Saxony State Service for Cultural HeritageCredit: Werner Schoch ...
Why do hospital germs bind more strongly to certain surfaces than to others?
Credit: Saarland University These results from studies in both experimental and theoretical physics may help to improve antibacterial surfaces. The ...
Reaching 90% PL quantum yield in 1D metal halide by pressure-suppressed nonradiative loss
Credit: Xujie Lü Low-dimensional perovskite-related metal halides have emerged as a new class of light-emitting materials with tunable broadband emission ...
Reviewing the quantum material ‘engine room’, QAHE
Quantum anomalous Hall effect materials reviewedCredit: UOW An Australian collaboration has reviewed the fundamental theories underpinning the quantum anomalous Hall ...
Singapore start-up plans clinical trial of a single daily pill for Parkinson’s disease
Credit: NTU Singapore Materials scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new pill which uses the ...
Theoretically, two layers are better than one for solar-cell efficiency
Credit: Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Penn State Solar cells have come a long way, but inexpensive, thin film solar cells are still ...
Storing information and designing uncrackable codes with DNA
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State university For billions of years, Nature has used DNA like a molecular bank ...
Going small for big solutions: sub-nanoparticle catalysts made from coinage elements as effective c
Credit: Tokyo Tech Due to their small size, nanoparticles find varied applications in fields ranging from medicine to electronics. Their ...
Fish, seaweed inspire slippery surfaces for ships
Marine vehicles can reduce friction by mimicking the way aquatic creatures secrete mucusCredit: Hyung Jin Sung WASHINGTON, September 15, 2020 ...
Energy harvesting goes organic, gets more flexible
Self-assembled peptides, when aligned, show great promise for electricity generation.Credit: Sawsan Almohammed WASHINGTON, September 15, 2020 -- Nanogenerators capable of ...
