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Quantum dot polymer for next-generation screens

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have developed and patented the fabrication of transparent, luminescent material they say could give smartphone and television screens flexible, stretchable, and shatterproof properties.

Apr 12, 2019

Neutral Zinc-air battery with cathode NiCo/C-N shows outstanding performance

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In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, a team of researchers from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Hunan University of Science and Technology have proposed a novel strategy for the synthesis of non-precious...

Apr 12, 2019

Heads in the cloud: Scientists predict internet of thoughts 'within decades'

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An international collaboration led by researchers at UC Berkeley and the US Institute for Molecular Manufacturing predicts that exponential progress in nanotechnology, nanomedicine, AI, and computation will lead this century to the development of ...

Apr 12, 2019

Quantum simulation more stable than expected

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A localization phenomenon boosts the accuracy of solving quantum many-body problems with quantum computers which are otherwise challenging for conventional computers. This brings such digital quantum simulation within reach on quantum devices avai...

Apr 12, 2019

New method inverts the self-assembly of liquid crystals

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In liquid crystals, molecules automatically arrange themselves in an ordered fashion. Researchers from the University of Luxembourg have discovered a method that allows an anti-ordered state, which will enable novel material properties and potenti...

Apr 12, 2019

'Nanobodies' from alpacas could help bring CAR T-cell therapy to solid tumors

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In 1989, two undergraduate students at the Free University of Brussels were asked to test frozen blood serum from camels, and stumbled on a previously unknown kind of antibody. It was a miniaturized version of a human antibody, made up only of two...

Apr 11, 2019

'Nanobodies' from alpacas could help bring CAR T-cell therapy to solid tumors: Unusually small antibodies, targeted to the tumor micro-environment, curb melanoma and colon cancer in mouse models

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Most CAR T-cell therapies look for antigens specific to cancer cells. A new approach instead targets the environment around the tumor, using unusually small antibodies made naturally by alpacas, camels and llamas. Using this approach in mouse mode...

Apr 11, 2019

New microscopy method provides more details about nanocomposites

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Scientists have developed a new microscopy approach for imaging gel nanocomposites in their natural state, which will reveal more useful information about their assembly and properties.

Apr 11, 2019

Researchers find new ways to image, characterize unique material

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Graphene can come from graphite. But borophene? There's no such thing as borite.

Apr 11, 2019

Scientists drill into white graphene to create artificial atoms: Patterned on a microchip and working in ambient conditions, the atoms could lead to rapid advancements in new quantum-based technology

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By drilling holes into a thin two-dimensional sheet of hexagonal boron nitride with a gallium-focused ion beam, scientists have created artificial atoms that generate single photons, which work in air and room temperature.

Apr 11, 2019

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