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Shoei Chemical Acquires Quantum Dot Business from Nanosys

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Advanced materials manufacturer Shoei Chemical Inc., together with its North American subsidiary, Shoei Electronic Materials, has completed a definitive asset purchase agreement with Nanosys to acquire substantially all the assets associated with ...

Sep 11, 2023

New method combines DNA nanoballs and electronics to enable simple pathogen detection

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Researchers at Karolinska Institute have developed a novel method using DNA nanoballs to detect pathogens, aiming to simplify nucleic acid testing and revolutionize pathogen detection. The study's results, published in Science Advances, could...

Sep 10, 2023

Disney+ Basic is just $6 for three months, plus the rest of this week's best tech deals

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Labor Day sales have ended, Amazon's next Prime-related sale isn't until October and Apple won't announce new products (and likely discount older ones) until next week. In this in-between time, there are still a few worthy deals out...

Sep 8, 2023

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Electronic detection of DNA nanoballs enables simple pathogen detection Peer-Reviewed Publication

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Researchers at Karolinska Institute have developed a novel method using DNA Nanoballs to detect pathogens, aiming to simplify nucleic acid testing and revolutionize pathogen detection. The study's results, published in Science Advances, could...

Sep 8, 2023

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Training quantum computers: physicists win prestigious IBM Award

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The global race to master quantum computing is heating up. Both the tech industry and a huge scientific community are navigating multiple avenues with one common objective: the creation of an extremely powerful and universally functional quantum c...

Sep 8, 2023

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Chung-Ang University researchers develop novel DNA biosensor for early diagnosis of cervical cancer: The electrochemical sensor, made of a graphitic nano-onion/molybdenum disulfide nanosheet composite, detects human papillomavirus (HPV)-16 and HPV-18, with high specificity

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Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has recently garnered attention among materials science researchers owing to its ability to form two-dimensional nanosheets like graphene. The nanosheets are created by the stacking of S–Mo–S layers interacting via Van ...

Sep 8, 2023

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: New compound unleashes the immune system on metastases

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An international research team headed by Dr. Johannes Karges of the Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, has developed nanoparticles that accumulate in cancer cells and eliminate them after being photoactivated...

Sep 8, 2023

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Machine learning contributes to better quantum error correction

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Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing have used machine learning to perform error correction for quantum computers—a crucial step for making these devices practical—using an autonomous correction system that despite being approxi...

Sep 8, 2023

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Tests find no free-standing nanotubes released from tire tread wear

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A tire with a tread enhanced with single wall carbon nanotubes was exposed to accelerated wear and handling simulation tests by Akron Rubber Development Laboratory.

Sep 8, 2023

Scientists may have a solution to the International Space Station's fungus problem

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Clogs in water recovery systems on the international space station have been so backed up that hoses have had to be sent back to Earth for cleaning and refurbishing. This is thanks to the build up of biofilms: a consortium of microorganisms that s...

Sep 8, 2023

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