Aug 11, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Humankind has maintained an enduring fascination with the Moon. It was not until Galileo’s time, however, that scientists really began study it. Over the course of nearly five centuries, researchers put forward numerous, much debated theories as to how the Moon was formed. Now, geochemists,...
Betelgeuse recovers – for now
Aug 11, 2022 (Nanowerk News) New observations of the red supergiant suggest that the 2019 mass ejection of its atmosphere might significantly affects its fate ("The Great Dimming of Betelgeuse: a Surface Mass Ejection (SME) and its Consequences"). This doesn't mean Betelgeuse is going to explode any time soon, but...
Material scientists discover a new mechanism to increase the strength and ductility of high-entropy alloys
Aug 11, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A research team co-led by materials scientists from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has recently discovered a new mechanism to increase the strength and ductility of a high-entropy alloy, two properties which normally vary inversely with each other. The findings provide important insights for...
What if we could recycle the energy remaining in discarded batteries?
Aug 11, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Alkaline and zinc-carbon batteries are common in many self-powered devices. However, once a battery is discharged, it is no longer usable and is discarded. According to estimates, nearly 15 billion batteries are produced and sold worldwide annually. Most of these end up in landfills and...
Novel design for nanoparticles that train immune cells into fighting cancer
Aug 11, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Scientists of the department of Advanced Organ Bioengineering and Therapeutics (TechMed Centre) recently published a novel cancer immune therapy in the scientific journal Nature Communications ("Cancer immune therapy using engineered ‛tail-flipping’ nanoliposomes targeting alternatively activated macrophages"). In their research, Prof Dr Jai Prakash and his...
A novel hydrogel material for next-generation integrated touch panels
Aug 11, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Many of today's touch panels based on indium tin oxide and face various limitations due to its brittle and stiff nature. However, given the rapid progress of artificial intelligence and the internet of things, researchers have devoted considerable efforts to explore novel materials for next-generation...
Subsurface water on Mars defy expectations
Aug 11, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A new analysis of seismic data from NASAâs Mars InSight mission has revealed a couple of surprises. The first surprise: the top 300 meters of the subsurface beneath the landing site near the Martian equator contains little or no ice. âWe find that Marsâ crust...
A strategy to control and observe the chemical reaction of a single nanocatalyst using an optical microscope
Aug 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A research team led by Professor Seo Dae-ha of the Department of Physics and Chemistry at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) developed an optical microscopy that can control and observe electron transfer and transfer in complex chemical reactions occurring in nano-catalysts (Chem,...
Checking road traffic inside cells with nano GPS
Aug 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) announced that a research team led by Professor Seo Dae-ha of the Department of Physics and Chemistry developed a dark field super-resolution microscope with excellent spatial and temporal resolution and observed the dynamic behavior of endosomes during...
Robotic motion in curved space defies standard laws of physics
Aug 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) When humans, animals, and machines move throughout the world, they always push against something, whether it’s the ground, air, or water. Until recently, physicists believed this to be a constant, following the law of conservation momentum. Now, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have...