Jul 05, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers led by the University of Bern has for the first time identified an unexpected richness of complex organic molecules at a comet. This was achieved thanks to the analysis of data collected during ESA’s Rosetta mission at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, also known...
Why natural gas is not a bridge technology
Jul 05, 2022 (Nanowerk News) The expansion of natural gas infrastructure jeopardises energy transition, as natural gas is not a bridge technology towards a 100 per cent renewable energy system as defined by the Paris Climate Agreement. This is the result of a study conducted by an interdisciplinary German research...
High harmonics illuminate the movement of atoms and electrons
Jul 05, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Laser light can radically change the properties of solid materials, making them superconducting or magnetic within millionths of a billionth of a second. The intense light causes fundamental, immediate changes in a solid by ‘shaking’ its atomic lattice structure and moving electrons about. But what...
New photocatalytic membrane that can be cleaned using light energy
Jul 05, 2022 (Nanowerk News) An international collaboration lead by Kobe University researchers has successfully developed a nanosheet-laminated photocatalytic membrane that demonstrates both excellent water permeance and photocatalytic activity. The membrane’s photocatalytic properties make it easier to clean as irradiating the membrane with light successfully reduces fouling. They developed this...
From the fight against COVID-19 to cancer immunotherapy and HIV vaccines
Jul 05, 2022 (Nanowerk Spotlight) COVID-19 is a game changer for both nanomedicine and nucleic acid-based vaccines. Just two years ago, there were no licensed messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines; today Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna mRNA vaccines are among the approved vaccines for protection against COVID-19. More than one billion doses of...
Universal light-driven rotation platform for nanoparticles and live cells
Jul 04, 2022 (Nanowerk Spotlight) The controlled rotation of micro- and nanoscale objects plays a crucial role in sensing, imaging, biomedicine, and manufacturing. Micro- and nanorotors have proved effective in the detection of vacuum friction, few-nanometer fabrication, precise nanosurgery, and microfluidic flow control. For instance, researchers have already shown that...