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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

Researchers discover a uniquely quantum effect in erasing information

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Researchers from Trinity College Dublin 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 paradoxic...

Oct 16, 2020

Evidence of Exotic State of Matter Discovered in Candidate Material for Quantum Computers

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Using a novel technique, scientists working at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have found evidence for a quantum spin liquid, a... The post Evidence of Exotic State of Matter Discovered in Candid...

Oct 15, 2020

Ultra-sensitive nanothermometer under ambient conditions

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Nanoscale temperature measurement with high sensitivity is important to investigating many phenomena such as heat dissipation of nano-/micro-electronics, chemical reactions in nanoliter volume, thermoplasmonics of nanoparticles, and thermal proces...

Oct 15, 2020

Scientists propose potential method for imaging-guided synergistic cancer therapy

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A joint research team led by Prof. Wang Hui and Prof. Lin Wenchu from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science developed a synthesis of metal-free multifunctional therapeutic reagents, called graphitic carbon ...

Oct 15, 2020

Fujikura joins MIT.nano Consortium

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Optical communication device and electrical equipment manufacturing company to advise, collaborate with MIT researchers.

Oct 15, 2020

Rare magnetism found in the world's strongest material

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Strange things happen when you stack and twist graphene.

Oct 15, 2020

Altering the properties of 2-D materials at the nanometer scale

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EPFL scientists have developed a method for changing the physical properties of 2-D materials permanently using a nanometric tip. Their approach, which involves deforming the materials, paves the way to using these materials in electronic and opto...

Oct 15, 2020

Altering the properties of 2D materials at the nanometer scale

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Scientists have developed a method for changing the physical properties of 2D materials permanently using a nanometric tip. Their approach, which involves deforming the materials, paves the way to using these materials in electronic and optoelectr...

Oct 15, 2020

Harnessing the power of nanobodies to rebuild kidneys

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UW Medicine scientists are driving a bold, multi-partner experiment to stimulate the repair and regeneration of human kidney

Oct 15, 2020

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