Jan 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Individuals living with Type 1 diabetes must carefully follow prescribed insulin regimens every day, receiving injections of the hormone via syringe, insulin pump or some other device. And without viable long-term treatments, this course of treatment is a lifelong sentence. Pancreatic islets control insulin production...
From dust to planet: How gas giants form
Jan 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Gas giant planets, such as Jupiter, can form rapidly by incorporating nearby icy bodies made from drifting pebbles born in the outer parts of young planetary systems – all in a period of about 200,000 years. This finding has implications for understanding how habitable planets...
Bone growth inspired ‘microrobots that can create their own bone
Jan 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) When we are born, we have gaps in our skulls that are covered by pieces of soft connective tissue called fontanelles. It is thanks to fontanelles that our skulls can be deformed during birth and pass successfully through the birth canal. Post-birth, the fontanelle tissue...
Nanobubbles provide pathway to build better medical devices
Jan 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the University of Sydney Nano Institute and School of Chemistry have revealed that tiny gas bubbles – nanobubbles just 100 billionths of a metre high – form on surfaces in unexpected situations, providing a new way to reduce drag in small-scale devices. Liquid...