Feb 22, 2022 (Nanowerk News) For the first time, researchers demonstrate an artificial organic neuron, a nerve cell, that can be integrated with a living plant and an artificial organic synapse. Both the neuron and the synapse are made from printed organic electrochemical transistors. On connecting to the carnivorous Venus...
Galaxy collision creates ‘space triangle in new Hubble image
Feb 22, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies fueled the unusual triangular-shaped star-birthing frenzy, as captured in a new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The interacting galaxy duo is collectively called Arp 143. The pair contains the glittery, distorted, star-forming spiral galaxy NGC 2445 at...
Understanding bacterial biofilms
Feb 22, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Biofilms are a ubiquitous, resilient form of microbial life. They can form where liquids and solids meet, like around a knee replacement; where air and liquid meet, like in the lungs; and where oil and water meet, like in an oil spill on the ocean....
Novel 3D Bioprinting platform breaks through limitations of conventional bioprinting techniques
Feb 22, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A joint research team led by Prof. WANG Xiujie at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Prof. WANG C.L. Charlie at The University of Manchester and Prof. LIU Yongjin at the TsingHua University, has recently reported a novel...
Novel coating prevents fogging on plastic surfaces and self-cleans (w/video)
Feb 22, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new type of coating that, when applied on a plastic surface, prevents fogging and ‘self-cleans’, overcoming the need for frequent reapplications. The durable coating of a thin double layered silicon dioxide - titanium dioxide...
Novel removal process of anthropogenic CO2 results in graphene-based nanocarbons
Feb 22, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In 2015, researchers at George Washington University presented a novel Diamonds from the Sky chemistry to transform CO2 into products so valuable and so highly stable that removal of this greenhouse gas to mitigate climate change and stop global warming becomes a 'no brainer'. In...
Scientists develop a new platform technology for personalized cancer therapy
Feb 22, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Killing cancer cells without affecting surrounding normal cells is the most desirable approach for targeted cancer therapy. However, it cannot be easily achieved due to the similarities in the properties between normal and cancer cells. Researchers at the IBS developed an innovative approach called CINDELA...
Development of nanoengineered bacteria for cancer optotheranostics
Feb 22, 2022 (Nanowerk News) There is substantial interest regarding the understanding and designing of nanoengineered bacteria to combat various fatal cancerous diseases. However, conventional nanotechnological approaches adopt genetic manipulation for attenuating and improving the efficacy of bacteria. In addition, complicated chemical reactions were essential in the previous approaches. Scientists...
A data-driven strategy to explore the magnetism in 2D materials
Feb 21, 2022 (Nanowerk News) The discovery of 2D magnetism has not only opened a new path for potential revolutionary spintronic and valleytronic applications but also raised fundamental questions about the understanding and prediction of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic ordering in 2D compounds. The description of magnetic ordering in 2D materials...
Birch trees remove microplastics from the soil
Feb 21, 2022 (Nanowerk News) With the help of trees, microplastic-polluted soils could be remediated. For the first time, researchers at the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) have shown that birch trees absorb microplastics through their roots during the growth phase. Good news, because soils are...