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Rice-sized laser, powered one electron at a time, bodes well for quantum computing

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Princeton University researchers have built a rice grain-sized microwave laser.

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Titania Nanocoating Helps Surface Modification of Artificial Bones

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Carbon Nanotubes Increase Efficiency of Solar Cells

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Graphene plasmons go ballistic: Graphene combined with the insulting power of boron nitride enables light control in tiny circuits with dramatically reduced energy loss

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This image shows simulation and observations of propagating plasmons in boron nitride heterostructure.

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Iran Designs Magnetic Nano-Absorbents Cleaning Chemical Pollutants

Sarah Karimi Behzad, a mineral chemistry student at the university and lead author of the study, said that the Nano-absorbent is separated from the environment in less than a second and can be reused.

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Where Did All the Stars Go?

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From the Lab to Your Digital Device, Quantum Dots Have Made Quantum Leaps

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The TV on the right using Nanosys’ quantum dot technology shows a 50% wider range of colors than the...

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Toward quantum chips: Packing single-photon detectors on an optical chip is a crucial step toward quantum-computational circuits

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One of the researchers' new photon detectors, deposited athwart a light channel — or "waveguide" (horizontal black band) — on a silicon...

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