Nov 26, 2020 (Nanowerk News) The Borexino Experiment research team has succeeded in detecting neutrinos from the sun's second fusion process, the Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen cycle (CNO cycle) for the first time. This means that all of the theoretical predictions on how energy is generated within the sun have now...
Microswimmers move like moths to the light
Nov 26, 2020 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at TU Dresden, led by chemist Dr Juliane Simmchen, has studied an impressive behavior of synthetic microswimmers: as soon as the photocatalytic particles leave an illuminated zone, they flip independently and swim back into the light. This promising observation and its analysis was recently...
Lanthanide nanocrystals brighten molecular triplet excitons
Nov 26, 2020 (Nanowerk News) NUS scientists have developed an approach to improve the generation and luminescent harvesting of molecular triplets by coupling them with lanthanide-doped nanoparticles. This innovation provides new insights on lanthanide nanocrystal-molecule interaction in the optoelectronic field. The generation, control and transfer of triplet excitons (bound electron-hole...
Detecting bacteria with fluorescent nanosensors
Nov 25, 2020 (Nanowerk News) Researchers have developed a new method for detecting bacteria and infections. They use fluorescent nanosensors to track down pathogens faster and more easily than with established methods. A team headed by Professor Sebastian Kru, formerly at University of Gttingen, now at Ruhr-Universitt Bochum (RUB), describes...
The quantum sensing abilities of nanodiamonds may help detect disease earlier
Nov 25, 2020 (Nanowerk News) The quantum sensing abilities of nanodiamonds can be used to improve the sensitivity of paper-based diagnostic tests, potentially allowing for earlier detection of diseases such as HIV, according to a study led by UCL researchers in the i-sense McKendry group. Paper-based lateral flow tests work...