Apr 19, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Before being accidentally introduced to the New World by the 16th century slave trade, the yellow fever mosquito was a species native only to Africa. Highly adaptable, it has since become an invasive species in North America, but researchers at The Ohio State University may...
Concerned your smartphone is spying on you?
Apr 19, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Ever noticed online ads following you that are eerily close to something you’ve recently talked about with your friends and family? Microphones are embedded into nearly everything today, from our phones, watches, and televisions to voice assistants, and they are always listening to you. Computers...
Guiding a superconducting future with graphene quantum magic
Apr 19, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Superconductors are materials that conduct electrical current with practically no electrical resistance at all. This ability makes them extremely interesting and attractive for a plethora of applications such as loss-less power cables, electric motors and generators, as well as powerful electromagnets that can be used...
Training robots to solve problems like a human would
Apr 19, 2022 (Nanowerk News) “Robots that work in human environments need to be adaptable to the fact that humans are unique, and that we might all solve the same task in a different way. An important area in robot development, therefore, is to teach robots how to work alongside...
Near-infrared responsive nanoassemblies for combined breast cancer therapy
Apr 19, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (SIBET) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and South China University of Technology collaborated to develop a near-infrared (NIR)-driven nanoassemblies with size and charge dual transformation for the combination of photocontrolled chemotherapy and immunotherapy in...
New 3D-printing approach melds solids, liquids
Apr 19, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Imagine a future in which you could 3D-print an entire robot or stretchy, electronic medical device with the press of a button—no tedious hours spent assembling parts by hand. That possibility may be closer than ever thanks to a recent advancement in 3D-printing technology led...
Curcumin combined with gold nanoparticles be key to greener, more efficient fuel cells
Apr 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Turmeric, a spice found in most kitchens, has an extract that could lead to safer, more efficient fuel cells. Researchers at the Clemson Nanomaterials Institute (CNI) and their collaborators from the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (SSSIHL) in India discovered a novel way...
Chiral gold nanoparticles increase vaccine efficacy by more than 25%
Apr 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Vaccines can be made over 25% more effective by adding left-handed chiral gold nanoparticles as adjuvants, according to a study by an international collaboration in which Brazilian researchers took part. An article reporting the results is published in Nature ("Enantiomer-dependent immunological response to chiral nanoparticles")....
Graphene membranes capture low-level noise of a single bacterium
Apr 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Have you ever wondered if bacteria make distinctive sounds? If we could listen to bacteria, we would be able to know whether they are alive or not. When bacteria are killed using an antibiotic, those sounds would stop – unless of course the bacteria are...
The future of contact lenses
Apr 18, 2022 (Nanowerk Spotlight) What makes contact lenses so attractive for the development of all kinds of biosensors is the fact that they swim on a film of tears – and tear fluid, along with sweat and saliva, has tremendous potential for noninvasive monitoring biological signals because it contains...