Spinning electricity under the sky

Mar 08, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A new device harvests two types of energy during the daytime, making it cool on one end and hot on the other, to generate electricity around the clock. With further improvements, the device could be used in off-grid Internet-of-things sensors. The details were published in...

A helping hand for working robots

Mar 08, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Robotics engineers at South Korea’s Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) have developed and tested a new human-like mechanical hand that combines the benefits of existing ones while eliminating their weaknesses. The design is described in the journal Soft Robotics ("Shock Resistive Flexure-Based...

Researchers harness AI and robotics to formulate therapeutic proteins for treating spinal cord injuries

Mar 07, 2022 (Nanowerk News) By employing artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics to formulate therapeutic proteins, a team led by Rutgers researchers has successfully stabilized an enzyme able to degrade scar tissue resulting from spinal cord injuries and promote tissue regeneration. The study, recently published in Advanced Healthcare Materials ("Machine-Assisted...

Using raw materials more sustainably

Mar 07, 2022 (Nanowerk News) The experimental elucidation of the structures at the interface between a working catalyst and the reacting molecules is the key to a fundamental understanding of heterogeneous catalysis. Researchers from the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society have reassigned the vibrational spectrum of vanadium...

A sieve for molecules

Mar 07, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from Bielefeld, Bochum and Yale have succeeded in producing a layer of two-dimensional (2D) silicon dioxide. This material contains natural pores and can therefore be used like a sieve for molecules and ions. Scientists have been looking for such materials for a long time...