Single-photon emitters are crucial building materials suited for optical quantum technologies. Among them, hexagonal boron nitride is a promising two-dimensional material that retains bright, room-temperature single-photon ...
Diamond material is of great importance for future technologies such as the quantum internet. Special defect centers can be used as quantum bits (qubits) and emit single light particles that are referred to as single photons.
Optics & Photonics
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Microorganisms are important contributors to the deep-sea sulfur cycle. However, in-situ detection of deep-sea microorganisms faces great challenges due to the extreme complexity of the deep-sea environment, the difficulty ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 29, 2023
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Regularly in the news, grocery stores, and at the pump, we are experiencing the limits of our planetary supply.
Environment
Mar 27, 2023
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Whether it is folk songs, lullabies, or ballads, music has been transmitted orally for countless human generations. In the largest ever cultural transmission study on the evolution of music, an international research team ...
Social Sciences
Mar 22, 2023
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Microplastics are tiny plastic particles less than 5 mm in diameter that have emerged as a novel marine environment pollutant. Microplastics usually result from a breakdown of larger plastic debris but can also be generated ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 21, 2023
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Researchers led by Prof. Zhou Wu from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) and Prof. Sokrates T. Pantelides of Vanderbilt University have pushed the sensitivity of single-atom vibrational spectroscopy to the ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 21, 2023
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution is driving exponential growth in data transmission, and cost-effective, ultrafast, and compact optical communication technologies are urgently needed to manage the exploding data transmission ...
Nanophysics
Mar 16, 2023
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Li ion imaging by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is the "holy grail" in the study of Li ion battery (LIB) materials. Tracking lithiation process in TEM could provide a more profound understanding of the electrode ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 14, 2023
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A study has characterized the factors that cause the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, to invest resources into reproduction—to maximize transmission to other hosts—or replication—to ensure survival within its ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 14, 2023
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