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Disorder-engineered inorganic nanocrystals set a new efficiency record for ultrathin solar cells

NanoDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Displayed over roof tops and in solar farms, silicon-based solar cells are, so far, one of the most efficient systems in generating electricity from sunlight, but their fabrication can be expensive and energy demanding, aside from being heavy and ...

Feb 15, 2022

Cancer Treatment: Corn Juice Derived Nanoparticles to Inhibit Mice Tumor Growth

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from the Tokyo University of Science created a novel corn-derived nanoparticle that inhibited tumor growth in mice samples.

Feb 15, 2022

What’s Inside a Black Hole? Physicist Probes Holographic Duality With Quantum Computing To Find Out

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

The thing is, it could be—and a University of Michigan physicist is using quantum computing and machine learning to better understand the idea, called holographic duality.

Feb 15, 2022

Nanoparticles made from corn juice inhibit tumor growth in mice

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

With the ability to be finely engineered to tackle the disease in different ways, nanoparticles hold huge potential when it comes to cancer treatment. Researchers at the Tokyo University of Science have now demonstrated a low-cost and highly promi...

Feb 15, 2022

Regulating inflammation in Alzheimer's disease using a nanocleaner

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

In this new article publication from Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, authors Ting Lei, Zhihang Yang, Xue Xia, Yuxiu Chen, Xiaotong Yang, Rou Xie, Fan Tong, Xiaolin Wang, Huile Gao from Sichuan University, Chengdu, China and Macau University of Scienc...

Feb 14, 2022

These 5 Charts Help Demystify the Global Chip Shortage

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

From PlayStations to Porsches, many consumer products have been hit by a chip shortage that began choking the global economy in 2020 and continues today. “We aren’t even close to being out of the woods,” U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo tweet...

Feb 14, 2022

Hairy nanoparticles could reduce chemotherapy side effects – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Cellulose-based nanocrystals “capture” off-target cancer drugs, potentially saving healthy tissue from damage. The post Hairy nanoparticles could reduce chemotherapy side effects appeared first on Physics World.

Feb 14, 2022

What's inside a black hole? Physicist uses quantum computing, machine learning to find out

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Dude, what if everything around us was just ... a hologram?

Feb 14, 2022

Quantum errors made more tolerable

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

ETH physicists have modified one of the major schemes for quantum error correction and put it into practice, demonstrating that they can substantially prolong the lifetime of quantum states—a crucial ingredient for future large-scale quantum compu...

Feb 14, 2022

Switching plasmonic nanogaps between classical and quantum regimes

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Quantum plasmonics is the study of quantum properties of light and its interaction with matter at the nanoscale. While intriguing, they are difficult to regulate on account of the lack of proper surface spaces to reversibly actuate sub-1 nanometer...

Feb 14, 2022

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