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New Theory Aims to Advance Quantum Computing

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

A protocol for storing and releasing a single photon in an embedded eigenstate — a quantum state that is virtually unaffected by loss and decoherence — could advance the development of quantum computers. Created by researchers at City University o...

Jul 12, 2019

Novel nanoparticles deliver CRISPR gene editing tools into the cell with much higher efficiency: Researchers used lipid nanoparticles to deliver CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tools for potential treatment of hyperlipidemia.

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed a significantly improved delivery mechanism for the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing method in the liver. The delivery uses biodegradable synthetic lipid nanoparticles that carry the molecular editing tools into the cell to prec...

Jul 12, 2019

Novel nanoparticles deliver CRISPR gene editing tools into the cell with much higher efficiency

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers used lipid nanoparticles to deliver CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tools for potential treatment of hyperlipidemia.

Jul 12, 2019

BASF increases capacity for Higher Carboxylic Acids

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

BASF has increased its global production capacity for the Higher Carboxylic Acids (HCA) Isononanoic Acid (INA) and 2-Ethylhexanoic Acid (2-EHA) from 55,000 metric tons to 68,000 metric tons per year. With world-scale and highly flexible productio...

Jul 12, 2019

Device channels heat into light: Carbon nanotube films enable method to recycle waste heat

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Engineers have shown how their carbon nanotube films can be used to create a device to recycle waste heat. The device could enhance solar cell output and increase the efficiency of industrial waste-heat recovery.

Jul 12, 2019

Carbon nanotube device channels heat into light

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The ever-more-humble carbon nanotube may be just the device to make solar panels—and anything else that loses energy through heat—far more efficient.

Jul 12, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Nanotechnology pioneer Chad Mirkin wins Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine: Molly Stevens of Imperial College London receives Kabiller Young Investigator Award

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Kabiller Prize is the worlds largest monetary award in the area of nanomedicine Mirkin recognized for field-defining contributions, including discovery and development of spherical nucleic acids (...

Jul 12, 2019

An ‘EpiPen’ for spinal cord injuries

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

An injection of nanoparticles can prevent the body’s immune system from overreacting to trauma, potentially preventing some spinal

Jul 12, 2019

Carbon nanotube films enable method to recycle waste heat

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists are designing arrays of aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes to channel mid-infrared radiation (aka heat) and greatly raise the efficiency of solar energy systems.

Jul 12, 2019

Creating two-dimensional layered Zintl phase by dimensional manipulation of the crystal structure

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The discovery of new families of two-dimensional (2-D) layered materials beyond graphene has always attracted great attention, but it remains challenging to artificially recreate the honeycomb atomic lattice structure with multi-components such as...

Jul 12, 2019

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