Day: October 11, 2022

Oct 11, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Direct air capture may be key to saving Earth from the effects of climate change, but there’s a catch: It’s really hard to do. Direct air capture (DAC) technologies are designed to remove carbon dioxide from the air, although there’s still a lot of room...

Oct 11, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at a Scottish university have found a way to use gold nanoparticles to measure the maturity of whisky, which could help distillers with one of the key challenges in the production process (ACS Applied Nano Materials, "Growth of Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Aging Cask-Matured Whisky")....

Oct 11, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Materials scientists have designed an advanced textile with nano-scale threads containing in their core a phase-change material that can store and release large amounts of heat when the material changes phase from liquid to solid. Combining the threads with electrothermal and photothermal coatings that enhance...

Oct 11, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Shaving gel, shampoo and a cup of yogurt. What do they all have in common? They’re all examples of soft materials, meaning materials that easily change shape when stress is applied. In day-to-day life, soft materials are everywhere. Toothpaste, skin creams, tissues and coatings are...

Oct 11, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A new type of insect-repellent delivery device has been developed by scientists from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU). With the help of a 3D printer, the active ingredient is first "encapsulated" and formed into the desired shape, such as a ring, which can then...

Oct 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In the last decades, chips and electronic devices have become exponentially smaller and faster. We have nearly reached the limits of ‘traditional’ electronics and are now in the process of transitioning from electronics to photonics; using light instead of electrons. At this scale, all kinds...