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A tool to democratize nanopore research

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A team of researchers is democratizing entry into the field of nanopore research by offering up a unique tool to accelerate the development of new applications and discoveries.

Jan 14, 2020

Colloidal quantum dot laser diodes are just around the corner

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers reach a critical milestone on the path to versatile colloidal quantum dot laser diodes by successfully demonstrating a quantum dot LED that also operates as an optically pumped laser.

Jan 14, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: A new approach to making airplane parts, minus the massive infrastructure: Carbon nanotube film produces aerospace-grade composites with no need for huge ovens or autoclaves.

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A modern airplanes fuselage is made from multiple sheets of different composite materials, like so many layers in a phyllo-dough pastry. Once these layers are stacked and molded into the shape of a f...

Jan 14, 2020

New Method to Verify That Quantum Chips Accurately Performed Complex Computations

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

A new method determines whether circuits are accurately executing complex operations that classical computers can’t tackle. In a step toward practical quantum computing, researchers from... The post New Method to Verify That Quantum Chips Accurate...

Jan 14, 2020

Silica particles may lead to new treatments for obesity and diabetes

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Engineered ingestible molecular traps created from mesoporous silica particles (MSPs) introduced to the gut can have an effect on food efficiency and metabolic risk factors. The results from studies on mice demonstrate the potential to reduce the ...

Jan 14, 2020

Silica particles may lead to new treatments for obesity and diabetes

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Engineered ingestible molecular traps created from mesoporous silica particles (MSPs) introduced to the gut can have an effect on food efficiency and metabolic risk factors. The results from studies on mice, published in Nanomedicine, demonstrate ...

Jan 14, 2020

The most sensitive torque measuring device ever built

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A team of physicists at Purdue University has built the most sensitive torque measuring device ever. In their paper published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, the team describes their new device and outline how it might be used.

Jan 14, 2020

New classes of topological crystalline insulators having surface rotation anomaly

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In a new report on Science Advances, Chen Fang and Liang Fu from the Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics in China, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences and the Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology i...

Jan 14, 2020

Silica particles may lead to new treatments for obesity and diabetes

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Engineered ingestible molecular traps created from mesoporous silica particles introduced to the gut can have an effect on food efficiency and metabolic risk factors. The results from studies on mice demonstrate the potential to reduce the energy ...

Jan 14, 2020

Most engineered nanoparticles enter tumours through cells, not between them

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Researchers from U of T Engineering have discovered that an active, rather than passive, process dictates which nanoparticles enter solid tumors. The finding upends previous thinking in the field of cancer nanomedicine and points toward more effec...

Jan 14, 2020

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