Month: July 2022

Home > Press > An artificial intelligence probe help see tumor malignancy A K+ sensitive dual-mode nanoprobe with superior magnetic resonance contrast effect and K+-specific fluorescence imaging performance is developed for non-invasive tumor imaging and malignancy identification via a cascaded ‘AND’ logic operation. CREDIT ©Science China Press Abstract:Tumor malignancy identification...

Home > Press > Photon-controlled diode: an optoelectronic device with a new signal processing behavior a. Schematic of a photon-controlled diode fabricated by sandwiching a h-BN layer between a n/n− MoS2 junction and a SiO2/p+-Si back-gate, using bottom/top graphene as cathode/anode and a top h-BN as protecting mask. b. Optical...

Home > Press > Key in increasing efficiency of next-generation solar cell, found in ‘light absorption capacity’! Credit: DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology) Abstract:On the 11th (Wednesday), DGIST announced that the research team led by Professor Choi Jong-min of the Department of Energy Engineering at DGIST (President:...

Home > Press > Robot nose that can “smell” disease on your breath: Scientists develop diagnostic device for identifying compounds unique to particular diseases Scientists develop diagnostic device for identifying compounds unique to particular diseases. CREDIT Nano Research, Tsinghua University Press Abstract:Scientists are working on diagnostic techniques that could sniff...

Home > Press > Two opposing approaches could give lithium-sulfur batteries a leg up over lithium-ion A new review paper compares the two options and considers the applications for which they are most appropriate. CREDIT Nano Research Energy, Tsinghua University Press Abstract:Lithium-sulfur batteries have for some time promised to be...

Jul 02, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Curing debilitating genetic diseases is one of the great challenges of modern medicine. During the past decade, development of CRISPR technologies and advancements in genetics research brought new hope for patients and their families, although the safety of these new methods is still of significant...

Jul 02, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a new hydrogen fuel cell which is not only the world’s most durable1 to date, but is also more cost-effective, paving way for a wider application of green energy in the pursuit...

Home > Press > Photonic synapses with low power consumption and high sensitivity are expected to integrate sensing-memory-preprocessing capabilities Figure 1 (a) Schematic diagram of visual perception and information transmission in human brain and corresponding artifical MoS2 synaptic device; (b) Comparison of single optical pulse width and power consumption among...

Jul 02, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Using a nanoscale infrared probe at the Advanced Light Source (ALS), researchers found that the minerals in a meteorite—an artifact representing the solar system’s past—were altered by water on very fine spatial scales (JGR Planets, "Nano-FTIR Investigation of the CM Chondrite Allan Hills 83100"). The...

Home > Press > Efficiently processing high-quality periodic nanostructures with ultrafast laser Figure 1 (a) Evolution of LIPSs formed on Au film irradiated by single 800 nm laser pulse. The laser polarization, E, is perpendicular to the prefabricated nanogroove. (b) LIPS periods as a function of laser fluences. The black...