Nobel Prize awarded for discovery of quantum dots that changed everything from TV displays to cancer imaging

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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.

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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Cam someone ELI5?
- https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_dot
  
  I love how this reads like someone just said "they're different because QUANTUM :tm:"
- Dot
  
  smol dot
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.
- Cadmium eggs are my favorite Easter candy
  
  More like cadmi-YUM, amiright??

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