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Nanoparticle Flu Vaccine Found Effective in Animal Trial, Blocks Seasonal and Pandemic Strains Like H5N1

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Researchers from UW Medicine and the NIH have developed a new nanoparticle flu vaccine that can block seasonal and pandemic influenza strains that current vaccines cannot do.

Mar 25, 2021

New class of versatile, high-performance quantum dots primed for medical imaging, quantum computing

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A new class of quantum dots deliver a stable stream of single, spectrally tunable infrared photons under ambient conditions and at room temperature, unlike other single photon emitters.

Mar 25, 2021

Scientists uncover a process that stands in the way of making quantum dots brighter

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Bright semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots give QLED TV screens their vibrant colors. But attempts to increase the intensity of that light generate heat instead, reducing the dots' light-producing efficiency. A new study explains...

Mar 25, 2021

New UCF nanotech gives boost to detection of cancer and disease

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Early screening can mean the difference between life and death in a cancer and disease diagnosis. That's why University of Central Florida researchers are working to develop a new screening technique that's more than 300 times as effecti...

Mar 25, 2021

New nanotransistors keep their cool at high voltages

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Power converters play an essential role in electric vehicles and solar panels, for example, but tend to lose a lot of power in the form of heat in the electricity conversion process. Thanks to a new type of transistor developed at EPFL, these conv...

Mar 25, 2021

TPU scientists develop sensor with nanopores for definition doping in blood

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Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University jointly with colleagues from different countries have developed a new sensor with two layers of nanopores. In the conducted experiments, this sensor showed its efficiency as a sensor for one of the doping...

Mar 25, 2021

Revealing nano big bang -- Scientists observe the first milliseconds of crystal formation

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At the Molecular Foundry, scientists recruited a world-leading microscope to capture atomic-resolution, high-speed images of gold atoms self-organizing, falling apart, and then reorganizing many times before settling into a stable, ordered crystal.

Mar 25, 2021

Gearing up nanoscale machines

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Researchers from NAIST, in partnership with research teams at University Paul Sabatier, designed nanoscale cogwheels that will enable visualization of rotational snapshots by scanning tunneling microscopy. Such advances are essential for visualizi...

Mar 25, 2021

Crucial Milestone for Scalable Quantum Technology: 2D Array of Semiconductor Qubits That Functions as a Quantum Processor

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The heart of any computer, its central processing unit, is built using semiconductor technology, which is capable of putting billions of transistors onto a single... The post Crucial Milestone for Scalable Quantum Technology: 2D Array of Semicond...

Mar 24, 2021

New Nanoparticle Flu Vaccine Blocks Many Seasonal and Pandemic Strains

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Scientists at UW Medicine and the NIH have created experimental flu shots that spur broad immunity in animal trials. Researchers have developed experimental flu shots... The post New Nanoparticle Flu Vaccine Blocks Many Seasonal and Pandemic Stra...

Mar 24, 2021

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