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Nanoparticle sensitizers could enhance radiotherapy effectiveness – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Speakers at the ESTRO 2020 congress discussed the use of nanoparticles to preferentially sensitize tumour cells to irradiation and improve radiation treatments The post Nanoparticle sensitizers could enhance radiotherapy effectiveness appeared fir...

Dec 8, 2020

Nanoelectromechanical tags for tamper-proof product identification and authentication

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers in cybersecurity aim to realize truly unclonable identification and authentication tags to defend global systems from ever-increasing counterfeit attacks. In a new report now published on Nature: Microsystems & Nanoengineering,...

Dec 8, 2020

Silver linings: Adding silver to the nanoclusters can do wonders for their luminescence

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have discovered that a silver-doped platinum thiolate nanometal complex shows 18-fold greater photoluminescence than the original platinum complex. In their recent paper, they provide insights into the causes of this, crowning a new app...

Dec 8, 2020

Research Highlights Strategies for Improving the Biosynthesis of Inorganic Nanomaterials

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

There are diverse methods for producing numerous inorganic nanomaterials involving many experimental variables. Among the numerous possible matches, finding the best pair for synthesizing in an...

Dec 8, 2020

Adding silver to nanoclusters can do wonders for their luminescence

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have discovered that a silver-doped platinum thiolate nanometal complex shows 18-fold greater photoluminescence than the original platinum complex.

Dec 8, 2020

Novel holey nanosheets for detecting hydrogen gas leaks

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists develop hydrogen sensors with holey zinc oxide nanosheets, which has high sensitivity and fast response time, to prevent accidents from hydrogen gas leaks.

Dec 8, 2020

A molecule like a nanobattery

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

How do molecular catalysts function, and what effects do they have? A team of chemists has come closer to the answers using a model molecule that functions like a molecular nanobattery.

Dec 8, 2020

Photonic Quantum Computer Reportedly Demonstrates Quantum Advantage

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of physicists in China claimed it has demonstrated a “quantum advantage,” introducing a light-driven quantum computer capable of performing a computation that would take a classic supercomputer an estimated 600 million years to resolve. The...

Dec 8, 2020

China Claims It's Achieved 'Quantum Supremacy' With The World's Fastest Quantum Computer

ScienceAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

10 billion times faster than Google's.

Dec 8, 2020

In new step toward quantum tech, scientists synthesize 'bright' quantum bits

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Qubits (short for quantum bits) are often made of the same semiconducting materials as our everyday electronics. But now an interdisciplinary team of chemists and physicists at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago has developed a ...

Dec 8, 2020

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