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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 1 year ago (2 children)

Cam someone ELI5?

[–] PeachMan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] pazukaza@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year 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.