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Graphene holds promise for making next-generation electronics, so researchers are exploring ways to use graphene in circuits for flexible electronics and quantum computers. But removing the fragile material from a substrate on which it is grown is challenging. To address this issue, researchers have devised a fabrication technique that applies a wax coating to a graphene sheet, increasing its performance by a factor of four, compared to graphene made with a traditional polymer-protecting layer.

Graphene holds promise for making next-generation electronics, so researchers are exploring ways to use graphene in circuits for flexible electronics and quantum computers. But removing the fragile material from a substrate on which it is grown is challenging. To address this issue, researchers have devised a fabrication technique that applies a wax coating to a graphene sheet, increasing its performance by a factor of four, compared to graphene made with a traditional polymer-protecting layer.

Electron microscopy experiments can only use a fraction of the possible information generated, because the microscope’s electron beam interacts with samples. Now, researchers have designed a new kind of electron detector that captures all of the information in these interactions. This new tool captures more images at a faster rate, revealing atomic-scale details across much larger areas than was possible before.

Electron microscopy experiments can only use a fraction of the possible information generated, because the microscope’s electron beam interacts with samples. Now, researchers have designed a new kind of electron detector that captures all of the information in these interactions. This new tool captures more images at a faster rate, revealing atomic-scale details across much larger areas than was possible before.

A research team has created a nanoscale “playground” on a chip that simulates the formation of exotic magnetic particles called monopoles. The study could unlock the secrets to ever-smaller, more powerful memory devices, microelectronics, and next-generation hard drives that employ the power of magnetic spin to store data.

A research team has created a nanoscale “playground” on a chip that simulates the formation of exotic magnetic particles called monopoles. The study could unlock the secrets to ever-smaller, more powerful memory devices, microelectronics, and next-generation hard drives that employ the power of magnetic spin to store data.

Scientists have developed a user-friendly approach to creating 'theranostics' -- therapy combined with diagnostics -- that target specific tumors and diseases. They have developed a novel method to prepare cell-penetrating nanoparticles called 'metallocorrole/protein nanoparticles.' The theranostics could both survive longer in the body and better snipe disease targets.

Scientists have developed a user-friendly approach to creating 'theranostics' -- therapy combined with diagnostics -- that target specific tumors and diseases. They have developed a novel method to prepare cell-penetrating nanoparticles called 'metallocorrole/protein nanoparticles.' The theranostics could both survive longer in the body and better snipe disease targets.

Researchers have developed a novel way to entangle two photons -- one with a wavelength suitable for quantum-computing devices and the other for fiber-optics transmissions. To create the entangled pairs, the researchers constructed a specially tailored optical "whispering gallery" -- a nano-sized silicon nitride resonator that steers light around a tiny racetrack. 

Researchers have developed a novel way to entangle two photons -- one with a wavelength suitable for quantum-computing devices and the other for fiber-optics transmissions. To create the entangled pairs, the researchers constructed a specially tailored optical "whispering gallery" -- a nano-sized silicon nitride resonator that steers light around a tiny racetrack.