Over the last decade, with the introduction of increasingly complex artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, the demand for computing power has risen exponentially. New, energy-efficient hardware designs could help meet ...
Condensed Matter
May 8, 2023
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Quantum dots in semiconductors such as silicon or gallium arsenide have long been considered hot candidates for hosting quantum bits in future quantum processors. Scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University ...
Condensed Matter
May 8, 2023
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Ammonia (NH3) is one of the most widely produced chemicals in the world, with production at more than 187 million tons in 2020. About 85% of it is used to produce nitrogenous fertilizers, while the rest is used for refining ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 27, 2023
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Smartphones could one day become portable quantum sensors thanks to a new chip-scale approach that uses organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) to image magnetic fields, with significant implications for use in health care ...
Condensed Matter
Apr 26, 2023
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Patients with type 1 diabetes live with a constant risk of hyper- or hypoglycemia. Precisely controlled insulin release could help to improve regulation of their blood sugar levels. Reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie, ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 14, 2023
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Living organisms produce a myriad of natural products which can be used in modern medicine and therapeutics. Bacteria and other microbes have become the main source for natural products, including a growing family called ...
Biochemistry
Apr 5, 2023
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Therapeutics that use mRNA—like some of the COVID-19 vaccines—have enormous potential for the prevention and treatment of many diseases. These therapeutics work by shuttling mRNA "instructions" into target cells, providing ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 3, 2023
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A pair of chemists at Michigan State University has observed the piezoelectric effect in liquids for the first time. In their paper published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Md. Iqbal Hossain and G. J. Blanchard, ...
Infection and immunity status of the population are considered key parameters for handling pandemics. For this purpose, detecting antigens and antibodies is of great importance. The devices currently used for this purpose—what ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 27, 2023
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With a high-speed camera and the luck of being in the right place at the right time, physicist Marcelo Saba, a researcher at Brazil's National Space Research Institute (INPE), and Ph.D. candidate Diego Rhamon obtained a unique ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 13, 2023
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