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New quantum sensing technology reveals sub-atomic signals

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Engineers have utilized quantum sensors to realize a groundbreaking variation of nuclear quadrupolar resonance (NQR) spectroscopy, a technique traditionally used to detect drugs and explosives or analyze pharmaceuticals. The new method is so preci...

Jan 6, 2025

Compact terahertz sensor identifies cancer types with record sensitivity and 93% accuracy

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Cancer screening typically requires large, expensive equipment housed in specialized facilities. Current methods rely on chemical analysis of blood samples, microscopic examination of tissue biopsies, or complex imaging machines. Each approach dem...

Jan 6, 2025

New quantum sensing technology reveals sub-atomic signals

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Since the 1950s, scientists have used radio waves to uncover the molecular “fingerprints” of unknown materials, aiding in tasks as varied as scanning the human body with MRI machines and detecting explosives at airports.

Jan 6, 2025

Big leap forward for environmentally friendly graphene e-textiles technology

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A research team led by the University of Southampton and UWE Bristol has shown wearable electronic textiles (e-textiles) can be both sustainable and biodegradable.

Jan 6, 2025

Researchers address century-old challenge by using graphene to demonstrate diffraction of helium and hydrogen atoms

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

For the first time, researchers have managed to show the diffraction of atoms through a crystal. Researchers from the Institute of Quantum Technologies and the University of Vienna have demonstrated diffractions of hydrogen and helium atoms using ...

Jan 4, 2025

Discovery of bistable nanocrystals promises faster, more energy-efficient optical computing

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Scientists, including an Oregon State University chemistry researcher, have taken a key step toward faster, more energy-efficient artificial intelligence, and data processing in general, with the discovery of luminescent nanocrystals that can be q...

Jan 3, 2025

New nanocrystal material a key step toward faster, more energy-efficient computing

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Chemistry researchers have taken a key step toward next-generation optical computing and memory with the discovery of luminescent nanocrystals that can be quickly toggled from light to dark and back again.

Jan 3, 2025

New method turns e-waste to gold

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A Cornell University-led research team has developed a method for extracting gold from electronics waste, then using the recovered precious metal as a catalyst for converting carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, to organic materials.

Jan 3, 2025

Detecting disease with only a single molecule

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

UC Riverside scientists have developed a nanopore-based tool that could help diagnose illnesses much faster and with greater precision than current tests allow, by capturing signals from individual molecules.

Jan 3, 2025

New nanocrystal material a key step toward faster, more energy-efficient computing

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have taken a key step toward faster, more energy-efficient artificial intelligence, and data processing in general, with the discovery of luminescent nanocrystals that can be quickly toggled from light to dark and back again.

Jan 3, 2025

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