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...
New insights into the formation of brown dwarfs
Feb 21, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Brown dwarfs are strange celestial bodies, occupying a kind of intermediate position between stars and planets. Astrophysicists sometimes call them "failed stars" because they have insufficient mass to burn hydrogen in their cores and shine like stars. It is continually debated if the formation of...
Bacteria upcycle carbon waste into valuable chemicals
Feb 21, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Bacteria are known for breaking down lactose to make yogurt and sugar to make beer. Now researchers led by Northwestern University and LanzaTech have harnessed bacteria to break down waste carbon dioxide (CO2) to make valuable industrial chemicals. In a new pilot study, the researchers...
A ‘hot Jupiter’s’ dark side is revealed in detail for first time
Feb 21, 2022 (Nanowerk News) MIT astronomers have obtained the clearest view yet of the perpetual dark side of an exoplanet that is “tidally locked” to its star. Their observations, combined with measurements of the planet’s permanent day side, provide the first detailed view of an exoplanet’s global atmosphere. “We’re...