May 16, 2022 (Nanowerk News) The technological advancement of optical lenses has long been a significant marker of human scientific achievement. Eyeglasses, telescopes, cameras, and microscopes have all literally and figuratively allowed us to see the world in a new light. Lenses are also a fundamental component of manufacturing nanoelectronics...
Artificial muscles help robot vacuum manipulators get a grip
May 16, 2022 (Nanowerk News) The robot grippers designed by Professor Stefan Seelecke and his team at Saarland University can grip and manipulate objects with complex geometries. The system can adapt almost instantaneously to changes in form, switching seamlessly between differently shaped parts. The articulated gripper is driven electrically, is...
Perception-based nanosensor platform could advance detection of ovarian cancer
May 16, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Ovarian cancer kills 14,000 women in the United States every year. It’s the fifth leading cause of cancer death among women, and it’s so deadly, in part, because the disease is hard to catch in its early stages. Patients often don’t experience symptoms until the...
Multisensory hybrid material as smart electronic skin
Jun 16, 2022 (Nanowerk News) The skin is the largest sensory organ and at the same time the protective coat of the human being. It “feels” several sensory inputs at the same time and reports information about humidity, temperature and pressure to the brain. For Anna Maria Coclite, a material...
Quantum magnets in motion
May 16, 2022 (Nanowerk News) The behaviour of microscopic quantum magnets has long been a subject taught in lectures in theoretical physics. However, investigating the dynamics of systems that are far out of equilibrium and watching them “live” has been difficult so far. Now, researchers at the Max Planck Institute...
Seeing molecules inside a nanometer-sized ‘sardine can’
May 16, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Most people don’t think about how molecules fit in the ultra-small spaces between other molecules, but that is what Professor Masahide Takahashi’s research team do every day at Osaka Metropolitan University. They study metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), composed of modularly arranged metal ions and molecules (organic...
Extraterrestrial stone brings first supernova clues to Earth
May 16, 2022 (Nanowerk News) New chemistry ‘forensics’ indicate that the stone named Hypatia from the Egyptian desert could be the first tangible evidence found on Earth of a supernova type Ia explosion. These rare supernovas are some of the most energetic events in the universe. This is the conclusion...
Supersolids go circular 2D
May 16, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In a new study, investigations led by Francesca Ferlaino and Russell Bisset show how to cool an atomic gas into a supersolid with a circular, 2D shape. The method will allow researchers to further study these exotic states of matter and search for features such...