Dec 07, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Due to their low-friction properties, materials consisting of single atomic layers are of great interest for applications where the aim is to reduce friction — such as hard disks or moving components for satellites or space telescopes. One such example is graphene, which consists of...
Ground-breaking new method for multi-cancer early detection
Dec 07, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Cancer is one of the deadliest diseases in the world and is more difficult to cure when detected at a late stage. Finding effective methods for early detection of several types of cancer at the same time, so-called Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED), is an emerging...
Breakage-resistant conductive hydrogel extends service life of triboelectric nanogenerators
Dec 07, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers led by Prof. CHEN Tao at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in cooperation with researchers at Ningbo University, have developed a novel breakage-resistant conductive hydrogel (BRC hydrogel) with excellent mechanical reliability, extending the service...
The perovskite solar cells tough enough to match mighty silicon
Dec 07, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Oxford University and Exciton Science have demonstrated a new way to create stable perovskite solar cells, with fewer defects and the potential to finally rival silicon’s durability. By removing the solvent dimethyl-sulfoxide and introducing dimethylammonium chloride as a crystallisation agent, the researchers were...
A nano-based technology to fight osteoporosis
Dec 07, 2022 (Nanowerk News) University of Central Florida researchers have created unique technology for treating osteoporosis that uses nanobubbles to deliver treatment to targeted areas of a person’s body (Nanomedicine, "A novel ultrasound-mediated nanodroplet-based gene delivery system for osteoporosis treatment"). The new technology was developed by Mehdi Razavi, an...
Energy-efficient computing with tiny magnetic vortices
Dec 07, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A large percentage of energy used today is consumed in the form of electrical power for processing and storing data and for running the relevant terminal equipment and devices. According to predictions, the level of energy used for these purposes will increase even further in...
Long-range information transport in antiferromagnets
Dec 07, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Smaller, faster, more powerful: The demands on microelectronic devices are high and are constantly increasing. However, if chips, processors and the like are based on electricity, there are limits to miniaturization. Physicists are therefore working on alternative ways of transporting information, such as about spin...
Researchers propose new structures to harvest untapped source of fresh water
Dec 07, 2022 (Nanowerk News) An almost limitless supply of fresh water exists in the form of water vapor above Earth’s oceans, yet remains untapped, researchers said. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is the first to suggest an investment in new infrastructure capable of harvesting oceanic...