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Nanoplastics -- an underestimated problem?

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Giant vortices of floating plastic trash in the world's oceans with sometimes devastating consequences for their inhabitants - the sobering legacy of our modern lifestyle. Weathering and degradation processes produce countless tiny particles ...

May 4, 2021

Nanoplastics and other harmful pollutants found in disposable face masks: Regulation and research urgently needed, say experts

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Scientists have uncovered potentially dangerous chemical pollutants that are released from disposable face masks when submerged in water. The research reveals high levels of pollutants, including lead, antimony, and copper, within the silicon-base...

May 4, 2021

Complex shapes of photons to boost future quantum technologies

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Researchers have demonstrated how two interfering photons can bunch into various shapes. These complex shapes are beneficial for quantum technologies, such as performing fast photonic quantum computations and safe data transfer. The method opens n...

May 4, 2021

Complex shapes of photons to boost future quantum technologies

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As the digital revolution has now become mainstream, quantum computing and quantum communication are rising in the consciousness of the field. The enhanced measurement technologies enabled by quantum phenomena, and the possibility of scientific pr...

May 4, 2021

Researchers develop new graphite-based sensor technology for wearable medical devices

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Researchers at AMBER, the SFI Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research, and from Trinity's School of Physics, have developed next-generation, graphene-based sensing technology using their innovative G-Putty material.

May 4, 2021

AI for more intelligent drug discovery – Physics World

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Leonard Wossnig of quantum drug-discovery firm Rahko describes the powerful capabilities of AI and quantum computing when combined The post AI for more intelligent drug discovery appeared first on Physics World.

May 4, 2021

Tiny, Flexible Nanoribbons Could Move Graphene Toward Telecommunication Applications

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Telecommunications transmissions, right from radio and television to the internet, are only data transmitted by light waves and changed into electrical signals. University of Wisconsin–Madison...

May 4, 2021

Drug Delivery Using Nanoparticles Could Improve Bowel Cancer Survival Rates

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Bowel cancer survival rates could be improved if chemotherapy drugs were delivered via tiny nanoparticles to the diseased organs rather than oral treatment. That's the finding from Indian and...

May 4, 2021

Direct drug delivery with carbon nanotube porins

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Modern medicine relies on an extensive arsenal of drugs to combat deadly diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, HIV-AIDS and malaria. Chemotherapy agents have prolonged lives for millions of cancer patients, and in some cases, cured the disease...

May 4, 2021

Researchers analyzed circulating currents inside gold nanoparticles

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Researchers in the Nanoscience Center of University of Jyvaskyla, in Finland and in the Guadalajara University in Mexico developed a method that allows for simulation and visualization of magnetic-field-induced electron currents inside gold nanop...

May 4, 2021

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