Dec 03, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Our palms tell us a lot about our emotional state, tending to get wet when people are excited or nervous. This reaction is used to measure emotional stress and help people with mental health issues, but the devices to do it now are bulky, unreliable...
‘Virtual pillars’ separate and sort blood-based nanoparticles
Dec 03, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Engineers at Duke University have developed a device that uses sound waves to separate and sort the tiniest particles found in blood in a matter of minutes. The technology is based on a concept called “virtual pillars” and could be a boon to both scientific...
Novel monolithic integrated micro-supercapacitors with MXene electrodes
Dec 03, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Microscale electrochemical energy storage systems with high systemic performance, superior cell number density, tunable capacitance, and output voltage are promising for miniaturized electronics. A joint research team led by Prof. WU Zhongshuai and Prof. LU Yao from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of...
New quantum light source paves the way to a quantum internet
Dec 03, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Conventional light sources for fiber-optic telecommunications emit many photons at the same time. Photons are particles of light that move as waves. In todayâs telecommunication networks, information is transmitted by modulating the properties of light waves traveling in optical fibers, similar to how radio waves...
Iron for energy storage
Dec 03, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Energy from sun or wind is weather-dependent and lacks an efficient way to store and transport it. Scientists from the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung and TU Eindhoven are investigating iron as a possible energy carrier. The idea is to store excess energy in iron and release...
The James Webb telescope produces an unparalleled view of the ghostly light in galaxy clusters
Dec 03, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In clusters of galaxies there is a fraction of stars which wander off into intergalactic space because they are pulled out by huge tidal forces generated between the galaxies in the cluster. The light emitted by these stars is called the intracluster light (ICL) and...
Researchers boost accuracy of home-based continuous glucose monitoring
Dec 03, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Home-based continuous glucose monitoring for diabetics up to now has had to trade ease of use, low cost, and portability for a somewhat lower sensitivity – and thus accuracy – compared to similar systems in clinics or hospitals. A team of researchers has now developed...