Month: March 2022

Home > Press > Scientists prepare for the world’s smallest race: Nanocar Race II Abstract:· The Spanish-Swedish team NANOHISPA is one of the eight certified teams that will compete in this second edition of the Nanocar Race.· In the Nanocar Race nano-race, vehicles are molecules conducted by the tip of...

Mar 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Microalgae have been used by the Chinese for medicinal and nutritional purposes for thousands of years in the belief they could cure almost any health condition. The idea that microalgae have extraordinary healing powers isn’t as far-fetched as some might think. Though the ancient Chinese...

Mar 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Laboratory studies of lung tissue usually require the removal of large amounts of human or animal tissue. Now scientists from the University of Freiburg’s Faculty of Medicine have succeeded in collaboration with American researchers in generating tiny quantities of lung tissue, so-called organoids, from just...

Mar 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) For decades researchers and technologists have regarded batteries and capacitors as two distinct energy storage devices — batteries, known for storing more energy but releasing it slowly; capacitors, for quickly discharging it in smaller spurts. Each new energy storage device has therefore been categorized as...

Mar 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) When it comes to porous metamaterials – ubiquitous, sponge-like materials used in everything from sound absorption to self-cleaning glass – it’s all about how you slice it. In a new paper from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and...

Mar 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In a paper published in Nature Communications ("Real-time nanomechanical property modulation as a framework for tunable NEMS"), researchers at the University of Oxford and the University of Pennsylvania have found a power-free and ultra-fast way of frequency tuning using functional nanowires. Think of an orchestra...

Mar 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Research conducted aboard the International Space Station is helping scientists answer questions about the formation of the universe and origins of life on Earth. During its 21 years of operation, the orbiting lab has hosted more than 3,000 scientific experiments aimed at helping improve life...

Mar 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Polarization, the direction in which light vibrates, provides a lot of information about the objects with which it interacts, from aerosols in the atmosphere to the magnetic field of stars. However, because this quality of light is invisible to human eyes, researchers and engineers have...

Mar 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the University of Tokyo have for the first time been able to create an RNA molecule that replicates, diversifies and develops complexity, following Darwinian evolution. This has provided the first empirical evidence that simple biological molecules can lead to the emergence of complex...

Mar 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) When two or more atomically thin sheets of materials – like graphene – are placed on top of each other, their properties change and a material with novel hybrid properties emerges. The in-plane stability of the individual 2D materials is provided by strong covalent bonds....