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Can magnetic stem cells improve cartilage repair?

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Cells equipped with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIOs) can be directed to a specific location by an external magnetic field, which is beneficial for tissue repair. Researchers have now taken the important step of evaluating the saf...

Jul 15, 2019

Fluorine speeds up two-dimensional materials growth

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By spatially confining fluorine, scientists could activate feeding gases while disabling its harmful effects. To put this rate in perspective, this new approach reduces the time of growing a 10 cm2 graphene from 10 minutes with previous methods, n...

Jul 15, 2019

2D perovskite materials found to have unique, conductive edge states

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A new class of 2D perovskite materials with edges that are conductive like metals and cores that are insulating was found by researchers who said these unique properties have applications in solar cells and nanoelectronics.

Jul 15, 2019

A material way to make Mars habitable

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New research suggest that regions of the Martian surface could be made habitable with a material -- silica aerogel -- that mimics Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Through modeling and experiments, the researchers show that a 2 to 3-cent...

Jul 15, 2019

Bolonkin Explores Ultimate Uploading and Technology | NextBigFuture.com

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One of the main speculations about future technology is uploading. This is where our minds are copied in exact detail from our biological physical bodies and then created in artificial bodies. Alexander Bolonkin has posited many kinds of technolog...

Jul 14, 2019

Quantum Computing and AI Models Larger Proteins to Find New Drugs | NextBigFuture.com

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ProteinQure uses quantum computing, molecular simulations and reinforcement learning to engineer new drugs. They combine state-of-the-art structure-based algorithms, including molecular dynamics simulations and machine learning. Their design platf...

Jul 13, 2019

Path to Million Qubit Quantum Computers Using Atoms and Lasers | NextBigFuture.com

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Atom Computing is building quantum computers using individually controlled atoms. As one of the world’s leading researchers in atomic clocks and neutral atoms, Benjamin Bloom (co-founder of Atom Computing) built the world’s fastest atomic clock, a...

Jul 13, 2019

Explainer: What is post-quantum cryptography?

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The race is on to create new ways to protect data and communications from the threat posed by super-powerful quantum computers.

Jul 13, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Nanotechnology delivers hepatitis B vaccine: X-ray imaging shows that nanostructured silica acts as a protective vehicle to deliver intact antigen to the intestine so that it can trigger an immune response. The material can give rise to a polyvaccine against six diseases

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Brazilian and European researchers have demonstrated exactly how a nanotechnology-based compound delivers an oral vaccine against hepatitis B to the immune system. When particles containing silica and...

Jul 13, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: The best of both worlds: how to solve real problems on modern quantum computers

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In recent years, quantum devices have become available that enable researchers -- for the first time -- to use real quantum hardware to begin to solve scientific problems. However, in the near term, t...

Jul 13, 2019

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