Cosmic rays may soon stymie quantum computing
The practicality of quantum computing hangs on the integrity of the quantum bit, or qubit.
Quantum Physics
Aug 26, 2020
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News tagged with circuits
A wearable, freestanding electrochemical sensing system
In a new study published on Science Advances, Yichao Zhao and a research team in integrated bioelectronics and materials and engineering in the U.S. engineered a disposable, free-standing electrochemical sensing system (FESS). ...
Strong signals show how proteins come and go
A novel system to amplify gene expression signals could be a game-changer for scientists who study the regulatory processes in cells that are central to all life.
Biochemistry
Mar 9, 2020
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Team discovers new way to control the phase of light using 2-D materials
Optical manipulation on the nano-scale, or nanophotonics, has become a critical research area, as researchers seek ways to meet the ever-increasing demand for information processing and communications. The ability to control ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 24, 2020
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How do fruit flies see in color? Study uncovers human-like brain circuit at work
Columbia scientists have identified a brain circuit that drives fruit flies' ability to see in color—and found that it bears a striking resemblance to the circuitry behind our own capacity for color vision. These findings ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 9, 2020
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New research integrates borophene and graphene into 2-D heterostructures
Nanomaterials could provide the basis of many emerging technologies, including extremely tiny, flexible, and transparent electronics.
Nanophysics
Oct 11, 2019
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Printed electronics open way for electrified tattoos and personalized biosensors
Electrical engineers at Duke University have devised a fully print-in-place technique for electronics that is gentle enough to work on delicate surfaces including paper and human skin. The advance could enable technologies ...
Nanophysics
Oct 3, 2019
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Synthetic biologists extend functional life of cancer fighting circuitry in microbes
Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a method to significantly extend the life of gene circuits used to instruct microbes to do things such as produce and deliver drugs, break down chemicals ...
Biotechnology
Sep 5, 2019
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Bacteria made to mimic cells, form communities
Rice University scientists have found a way to engineer a new kind of cell differentiation in bacteria, inspired by a naturally occurring process in stem cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 12, 2019
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Designed protein switch allows unprecedented control over living cells
Scientists have created the first completely artificial protein switch that can work inside living cells to modify—or even commandeer—the cell's complex internal circuitry.
Biochemistry
Jul 24, 2019
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