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Sodium nanofluid helps extract heavy oil – Physics World

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New technique shows high efficiency in laboratory tests and could reduce the use of fossil fuels in oil extraction The post Sodium nanofluid helps extract heavy oil appeared first on Physics World.

Oct 16, 2020

Calcium bursts kill drug-resistant tumor cells

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Multidrug resistance (MDR)—a process in which tumors become resistant to multiple medicines—is the main cause of failure of cancer chemotherapy. Tumor cells often acquire MDR by boosting their production of proteins that pump drugs out of the cell...

Oct 16, 2020

Calcium bursts kill drug-resistant tumor cells

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Multidrug resistance (MDR) -- a process in which tumors become resistant to multiple medicines -- is the main cause of failure of cancer chemotherapy. Tumor cells often acquire MDR by boosting their production of proteins that pump drugs out of th...

Oct 16, 2020

Natural nanodiamonds in oceanic rocks

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Natural diamonds can form through low pressure and temperature geological processes on Earth, as stated in an article published in the journal Geochemical Perspectives Letters. The newfound mechanism, far from the classic view on the formation of ...

Oct 16, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Bruker Launches Advanced In-Situ Nanomechanical Test Instrument for Analyzing Materials Deformation in Electron Microscopes: Hysitron PI 89 SEM PicoIndenter Offers Unprecedented Range and Flexibility

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The Bruker Nanomechanical Testing business today announced the release of the Hysitron PI 89 SEM PicoIndenter to provide nanomechanical testing capabilities inside a scanning electron microscope (SEM...

Oct 16, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: NSF renews Rice-based NEWT Center for water treatment: Partnership primed to introduce game-changing technologies to address global needs

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The Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment Center (NEWT), a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center (ERC) with its headquarters at Rice University, has earned a five-year renewal to co...

Oct 16, 2020

Researchers discover a uniquely quantum effect in erasing information

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Researchers have discovered a uniquely quantum effect in erasing information that may have significant implications for the design of quantum computing chips. Their surprising discovery brings back to life the paradoxical 'Maxwell's demo...

Oct 16, 2020

Research team discovers uniquely quantum effect in erasing information

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Researchers from Trinity have discovered a uniquely quantum effect in erasing information that may have significant implications for the design of quantum computing chips. Their surprising discovery brings back to life the paradoxical "Maxwel...

Oct 16, 2020

Bringing a Power Tool from Math into Quantum Computing

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The Fourier transform is a mathematical operation essential to virtually all fields of physics and engineering. Although there

Oct 16, 2020

Natural nanodiamonds in oceanic rocks

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Natural diamonds can form through low pressure and temperature geological processes on Earth, as stated in an article published in the journal Geochemical Perspectives Letters.

Oct 16, 2020

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