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Nobel Prize awarded for discovery of quantum dots that changed everything from TV displays to cancer imaging (edition.cnn.com)

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Nobel Prize awarded for discovery of quantum dots that changed everything from TV displays to cancer imaging::The 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to a trio of scientists who worked to discover and develop quantum dots, used in LED lights and TV screens, as well as by surgeons when removing cancer tissue.

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[-] Aarrodri@mujico.org 8 points 11 months ago

Cam someone ELI5?

[-] PeachMan@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_dot

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

I love how this reads like someone just said "they're different because QUANTUM :tm:"

[-] pazukaza@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

A Qbit you say? Just a bit but quantum 🤷‍♂️

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago

It's bordering on "Quantum Fruitloopery", as New Scientist used to call it!

If I have time later, I might dig up some papers and expand the page so it doesn't read like a new-age wiki.

[-] Nutteman@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Dot

[-] PeachMan@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

smol dot

[-] Nutteman@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Teeny boys

[-] profdc9@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I can not fathom how anyone could suggest that something made of cadmium should be used as a biological marker or anywhere in the human body.

[-] workerONE@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

Cadmium eggs are my favorite Easter candy

[-] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

More like cadmi-YUM, amiright??

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