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Tunable quantum dot microcavities could unlock scalable quantum photonics

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A novel tunable microcavity deterministically coupled to single quantum dots achieves highly efficient, pure and indistinguishable single photon generation, overcoming key roadblocks to scalable quantum technologies.

Apr 7, 2024

New micromaterial releases nanoparticles that selectively destroy cancer cells

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Researchers have developed micromaterials made up only of proteins, capable of delivering over an extended period of time nanoparticles that attack specific cancer cells and destroy them. The micromaterials mimic natural secretory granules found i...

Apr 5, 2024

Utilizing palladium for addressing contact issues of buried oxide thin film transistors

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A novel method that employs palladium to inject hydrogen into the deeply buried oxide-metal electrode contacts of amorphous oxide semiconductors (AOSs) storage devices, which reduces contact resistance, has been developed by scientists at Tokyo Te...

Apr 5, 2024

Improving infectious disease testing with gold nanoparticles

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By harnessing the power of composite polymer particles adorned with gold nanoparticles, a group of researchers have delivered a more accurate means of testing for infectious diseases.

Apr 5, 2024

Nanodevices can produce energy from evaporating tap or seawater

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Evaporation is a natural process so ubiquitous that most of us take it for granted. In fact, roughly half of the solar energy that reaches the earth drives evaporative processes. Since 2017, researchers have been working to harness the energy pote...

Apr 5, 2024

Graphene Trace secures £300k to tackle pressure ulcers

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Graphene Trace, a UK-based startup that aims to use sensors to eradicate the problem of pressure ulcers, has been awarded a £300,000 grant by Innovate UK.

Apr 5, 2024

GIT Coatings partners with WEG to strengthen each other’s marine coating products

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Brazil-based WEG Coatings and Canada-based GIT Coatings have entered an agreement to strengthen each other’s marine coating product offerings across international markets.

Apr 5, 2024

Must mRNA be cloaked in a lipid coat to serve as a vaccine?

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The Uchida Laboratory of Innovation Center of NanoMedicine has demonstrated that intradermal administration of mRNA alone (naked mRNA) without protection by nanoparticles induced robust vaccination against SARS CoV-2, a virus causing COVID-19, in ...

Apr 3, 2024

Gadolinium-based compound designed with technological applications at the nanoscale

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A team led by Professor Carolina Sañudo, Laboratory of Molecular Nanoscience of the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Barcelona, has designed a new molecular compound based on gadolinium (Gd) — a chemical element that can generate a magnet...

Apr 3, 2024

Scientists visualize quantum effects in electron waves

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One of the most fundamental interactions in physics is that of electrons and light. In an experiment at Goethe University Frankfurt, scientists have now managed to observe what is known as the Kapitza-Dirac effect for the first time in full tempor...

Apr 3, 2024

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