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MIT Researchers Harness Novel Nanoparticles for Quantum Computing Breakthrough

In a groundbreaking development, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have harnessed the potential of novel materials to advance the field of quantum computing. By utilizing nanoparticles, the team has achieved the emission of a stream of single, identical photons. This significant discovery could...

Researchers use silicon nanoparticles to visualize the coalescence of quantized vortices that occur in superfluid helium

Scientists from the Graduate School of Engineering Science at Osaka University have shown how silicon nanoparticles can become trapped inside the vortices that form inside superfluid helium. This work opens up new possibilities in optical research for other quantum properties of superfluid helium. The rules...

Simulating the attraction of zwitterionic ‘Janus Particles’

The Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology and The Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo scientists have used a new computer simulation to model the electrostatic self-organization of zwitterionic nanoparticles. These are useful for drug delivery. They found that including...

Turmeric compound helps grow engineered blood vessels and tissues

UC Riverside bioengineers have found something that can hasten the development of lab-grown blood vessels and other tissues to replace and regenerate damaged tissues in human patients. The study was published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. Curcumin is a compound found in turmeric which...

Reducing nitroarenes to amines without need for extreme conditions or toxic reagent production

Scientists have developed a way to reduce nitroarenes to amines. It does not produce toxic reagents and does not involve extreme conditions. The study was published in Nature Nanotechnology. Reducing nitroarenes to amines is a common procedure in commercial applications. It is part of the...

Treating cancer with light-sensitive nanoscale biomaterials

Treating cancer and other diseases with laser light is not considered routine in the clinical setting. New approaches using nanoparticles show some promise in improving existing techniques. One technique is known as photothermal therapy (PTT). It converts laser light into heat that can target and kill tumor...