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Scientists develop new method to produce irradiated nanomaterials for medical applications

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Under the leadership of Petr Cígler from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry and Martin Hrubý from the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, both of which are part of the Czech Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers has develo...

Nov 12, 2018

Surfaces with controlled wettability to trap & identify molecules at trace concentrations

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An international group of physicists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Swinburne University of Technology (Australia) developed a technology for trapping and chemical analysis of organic and non-organ...

Nov 12, 2018

Ultra-thin transparent silver films for solar cells

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A new fabrication process for transparent ultra-thin silver films has been developed by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of Wuppertal. The material may help build highly efficient solar cells and light-emitting diodes. How...

Nov 12, 2018

New records in perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells through improved light management

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Using microstructured layers, an HZB team has been able to increase the efficiency of perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells, achieving 25.5 %, which is the highest published value to date. At the same time, computational simulations were utilized ...

Nov 12, 2018

Iranian researchers develop nano-herbal formula to prevent Alzheimer’s, dementia

Tehran Times   -   General News Websites

TEHRAN - Iranian researchers have developed the formulation of an herbal medicine for prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, ISNA reported on Friday. The drug’s structure is based on nanotechnology and is released inside the...

Nov 10, 2018

NanoSphere Forms Cannabis Subsidiary in Canada

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DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NanoSphere Health Sciences announced today the creation of a Canadian-based subsidiary to handle its growing global cannabis business.

Nov 9, 2018

Google and NASA run classical supercomputer versus quantum chip races | NextBigFuture.com

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Google and NASA have an agreement to compare Google 72-qubit quantum Bristlecone chip and possibly near-term follow-up quantum chips against regular supercomputers. Alibaba had a recent paper which indicates quantum simulations on classical comput...

Nov 9, 2018

AMD makes first 7 nanometer CPU and GPU and performance competitive with Nvidia | NextBigFuture.com

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Advanced Micro Devices launched its first 7-nm CPU and GPU at the lucrative target of the data center. The working chips deliver comparable performance to Intel’s 14-nm Xeon and Nvidia’s 12-nm Volta. AMD is back from the near dead. AMD is competit...

Nov 9, 2018

New flexible, transparent, wearable biopatch, improves cellular observation, drug delivery

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Purdue University researchers have developed a new flexible and translucent base for silicon nanoneedle patches to deliver exact doses of biomolecules directly into cells and expand observational opportunities.

Nov 9, 2018

Graphene on the way to superconductivity

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Scientists have found evidence that double layers of graphene have a property that may let them conduct current completely without resistance. They probed the band structure at BESSY II with extremely high resolution ARPES and could identify a fla...

Nov 9, 2018

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