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Celiac disease might be cured by restoring immune tolerance to gliadin

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Celiac disease affects 0.3-2.4% of people in most countries world-wide, and approx. 2% in Finland. Celiac patients suffer from a variety of symptoms, typically intestinal complaints, such as diarrhea, but are often symptom-free. Immunologist Tobia...

Feb 27, 2020

KIER raised possibilities for urban use of ultralight flexible CIGS thin film solar cell

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Korea Institute of Energy Research found an efficiency improvement mechanism of polymer-substrate flexible CIGS thin-film solar cells and published the results in 'Nano Energy' (IF: 15.548).

Feb 27, 2020

Discovery of expanding pectin nanofilaments that manipulate plant cell shapes

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Scientists have discovered new filamentous structures within plant cell walls that influence cell growth and help build complex three-dimensional cell shapes.

Feb 27, 2020

The era of quantum supremacy is here

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Google made headlines in late 2019 with an experiment that demonstrated quantum supremacy for the first time. Their quantum computer, the Sycamore Processor, took a mere 200 seconds to perform a computation that would have taken a traditional comp...

Feb 27, 2020

Hybrid neural network enables biological and artificial neurons to communicate over the internet

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Research on novel nanoelectronics devices led by the University of Southampton has enabled brain neurons and artificial neurons to communicate with each other.

Feb 26, 2020

Inside the race to build the best quantum computer on Earth

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IBM thinks quantum supremacy is not the milestone we should care about.

Feb 26, 2020

Echa probing scant REACH nano registrations

Chemical Watch   -   Scientific News Websites

Only 10% of expected dossiers received

Feb 26, 2020

A nanosensor to detect epileptic seizures – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Highly sensitive device is the first to detect changes in potassium ion levels in the brains of freely-moving mice The post A nanosensor to detect epileptic seizures appeared first on Physics World.

Feb 26, 2020

Nanoelectronics enables brain neurons and artificial neurons to communicate with each other

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

This study has for the first time shown how three key emerging technologies can work together: brain-computer interfaces, artificial neural networks and advanced memory technologies (also known as memristors).

Feb 26, 2020

Researchers develop technique to create nanomaterials which may help detect cancer earlier

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For the first time, a team of scientists at the University of Central Florida has created functional nanomaterials with hollow interiors that can be used to create highly sensitive biosensors for early cancer detection.

Feb 26, 2020

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