May 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) CRISPR has ushered in the era of genomic medicine. A line of powerful tools has been developed from the popular CRISPR-Cas9 to cure genetic diseases. However, there is a last-mile problem – these tools need to be effectively delivered into every cell of the patient,...
A synthetic antibiotic may help turn the tide against drug-resistant pathogens
May 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A new antibiotic, synthesized at The Rockefeller University and derived from computer models of bacterial gene products, appears to neutralize even drug-resistant bacteria. The compound, named cilagicin, works well in mice and employs a novel mechanism to attack MRSA, C. diff, and several other deadly...
Researchers find nanoscale link between superconductivity and charge density waves
May 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Scientists have found a new, nanoscale link between superconductivity — the flow of electric current without a loss of energy — and a phenomenon known as charge density waves. The discovery, which is described in the journal Science ("Enhanced charge density wave coherence in a...
A one-stop shop for diamond-based quantum sensing materials
May 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) The brilliant blue of the Hope Diamond is caused by small impurities in its crystal structure. Similar diamond impurities are also giving hope to scientists looking to create materials that can be used for quantum computing and quantum sensing. In new research from the U.S....
Stars are heavier than we thought
May 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A team of University of Copenhagen astrophysicists has arrived at a major result regarding star populations beyond the Milky Way. The result could change our understanding of a wide range of astronomical phenomena, including the formation of black holes, supernovae and why galaxies die. For...
Toward customizable timber, grown in a lab
May 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Each year, the world loses about 10 million hectares of forest — an area about the size of Iceland — because of deforestation. At that rate, some scientists predict the world’s forests could disappear in 100 to 200 years. In an effort to provide an...
A helping hand for robotic manipulator design (w/video)
May 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) MIT researchers have created an interactive design pipeline that streamlines and simplifies the process of crafting a customized robotic hand with tactile sensors. Typically, a robotics expert may spend months manually designing a custom manipulator, largely through trial-and-error. Each iteration could require new parts that...
A new member in flatland
May 26, 2022 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Pure crystalline boron is a semiconductor – it conducts electricity like a metal at high temperatures – and is almost an insulator at low temperatures. Decades of research on transition metal borides (TMBs) and their phases have led to a novel class of 2D transition...
A biomarker that can diagnose Parkinson’s disease
May 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Kobe University and Hiroshima University have successfully developed a biomarker that will enable Parkinson’s disease to be rapidly and inexpensively diagnosed from blood serum samples. It is hoped that being able to diagnose the disease faster will also lead to the development of...
Machine learning speeds up search for new sustainable materials
May 25, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from Konica Minolta and the Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan have developed a machine learning method to identify sustainable alternatives for composite materials. Their findings were published in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials: Methods ("A data-driven scheme to...