Jan 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Using an innovative new imaging technique, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have revealed the inner workings of a family of light-sensing molecules in unprecedented detail and speed. The work could inform new strategies in the burgeoning field of optogenetics, which uses light pulses to alter...
Kirigami robotic grippers are delicate enough to lift egg yolks (w/video)
Jan 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Engineering researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated a new type of flexible, robotic grippers that are able to lift delicate egg yolks without breaking them, and that are precise enough to lift a human hair. The work has applications for both soft robotics...
Nanoparticle-formulated drug combination is effective in medulloblastoma, a pediatric brain tumor
Jan 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have demonstrated that a novel combination of two drugs that act as targeted inhibitors, delivered in a nanoparticle formulation, extend the survival of mice with medulloblastoma. The research team believes this laboratory success could be translated into a less...
Mysterious object unlike anything astronomers have seen before
Jan 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A team mapping radio waves in the Universe has discovered something unusual that releases a giant burst of energy three times an hour, and it’s unlike anything astronomers have seen before (Nature, "A radio transient with unusually slow periodic emission"). The team who discovered it...
‘Smart’ saddle with triboelectric nanogenerators could help equestrians hit their stride (w/video)
Jan 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Skilled equestrians make advanced riding maneuvers, like jumps, spins and piaffes, look effortless. But good riding requires balance and subtle cues to the horse, many of which are given through the rider’s posture, seat and legs. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Nano ("Self-Rebound Cambered Triboelectric...
Technological improvements in lubricant development due to recent advances in nano additives
Jan 26, 2022 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Lubricants are essential for optimal equipment efficiency and performance. However, in order for the latter to be achieved, lubricants have to be well developed and optimized. Hence, many tribological research studies are being conducted to advance lubricant technology. This article will discuss the use of...
Physicists see an unusual quantum phenomenon
Jan 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A highly unusual movement of light emitting particles in atomically-thin semiconductors was experimentally confirmed by scientists from the Würzburg–Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat–Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter. Electronic quasiparticles, known as excitons, seemed to move in opposite directions at the same time. Professor Alexey...