Dec 20, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A new machine learning model will help scientists identify small molecules, with applications in medicine, drug discovery and environmental chemistry. Developed by researchers at Aalto University and the University of Luxembourg, the model was trained with data from dozens of laboratories to become one of...
Researchers develop winged robot that can land like a bird
Dec 20, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A bird landing on a branch makes the maneuver look like the easiest thing in the world, but in fact, the act of perching involves an extremely delicate balance of timing, high-impact forces, speed, and precision. It’s a move so complex that no flapping-wing robot...
Cosmological enigma of Milky Way’s satellite galaxies solved
Dec 20, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Astronomers say they have solved an outstanding problem that challenged our understanding of how the Universe evolved - the spatial distribution of faint satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way. These satellite galaxies exhibit a bizarre alignment – they seem to lie on an enormous thin...
Designing better battery electrolytes with AI and robot-assisted labs
Dec 20, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Designing a battery is a three-part process. You need a positive electrode, you need a negative electrode, and — importantly — you need an electrolyte that works with both electrodes. An electrolyte is the battery component that transfers ions — charge-carrying particles — back and...
Single-chain polymer nanoparticles could provide a promising approach in the battle against malaria
Dec 20, 2022 (Nanowerk News) New research by a team of University of Twente researchers could provide a promising approach in the battle against malaria. In the research published in the scientific journal ACS Infectious Diseases ("Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticles Targeting the Ookinete Stage of Malaria Parasites"), the researchers combat the...
How science behind epidemics helped physicists to develop state-of-the-art conductive paint
Dec 20, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In new research published in Nature Communications ("Explosive percolation yields highly-conductive polymer nanocomposites"), University of Sussex scientists demonstrate how a highly conductive paint coating that they have developed mimics the network spread of a virus through a process called 'explosive percolation' – a mathematical process which can also be...
Charging up with carbon nanotubes
Dec 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have created vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes on metal foils that could be a boon for energy storage and the electronics industry. Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs) have exceptional mechanical, electrical and transport properties in addition to an aligned...
New study confirms the light from outside our galaxy brighter than expected
Dec 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Scientists analyzed new measurements showing that the light emitted by stars outside our galaxy is two to three times brighter than the light from known populations of galaxies, challenging assumptions about the number and environment of stars are in the universe. Results of the study...
Long-lasting, intense afterglow
Dec 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers from Lithuania has developed organic dyes showing a particularly long afterglow after being excited by light. Doping a polymer with newly synthesized diboraanthracene dyes resulted in an intense red or blue–green dual afterglow, which was composed of persistent thermally activated delayed...
Wearable skin patch monitors hemoglobin in deep tissues
Dec 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed an electronic patch that can monitor biomolecules in deep tissues, including hemoglobin. This gives medical professionals unprecedented access to crucial information that could help spot life-threatening conditions such as malignant tumors, organ...