Jan 05, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Scientists have just debuted a new way to see how cells organize themselves. Working with hundreds of thousands of high-resolution images, the team at the Allen Institute for Cell Science, a division of the Allen Institute, put numbers on the internal organization of human cells...
More links aren’t necessarily better for hybrid nanomaterials
Jan 05, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Chemists from Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin discovered more isn’t always better when it comes to packing charge-acceptor molecules on the surface of semiconducting nanocrystals. The combination of organic and inorganic components in hybrid nanomaterials can be tailored to capture, detect,...
Nanomedicines are in development – but research facilities produce vastly inconsistent results on how the body will react to them
Jan 05, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Nanomedicines took the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers are using these very small and intricate materials to develop diagnostic tests and treatments. Nanomedicine is already used for various diseases, such as the COVID-19 vaccines and therapies for cardiovascular disease. The “nano” refers to the...
Next-generation wireless technology may leverage the human body for energy
Jan 05, 2023 (Nanowerk News) While you may be just starting to reap the advantages of 5G wireless technology, researchers throughout the world are already working hard on the future: 6G. One of the most promising breakthroughs in 6G telecommunications is the possibility of Visible Light Communication (VLC), which is...
High-performance visible-light lasers that fit on a fingertip
Jan 05, 2023 (Nanowerk News) As technologies keep advancing at exponential rates and demand for new devices rises accordingly, miniaturizing systems into chips has become increasingly important. Microelectronics has changed the way we manipulate electricity, enabling sophisticated electronic products that are now an essential part of our daily lives. Similarly,...
Self-powered, printable smart sensors created from emerging semiconductors could mean cheaper, greener Internet of Things
Jan 04, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Creating smart sensors to embed in our everyday objects and environments for the Internet of Things (IoT) would vastly improve daily life—but requires trillions of such small devices. Simon Fraser University professor Vincenzo Pecunia believes that emerging alternative semiconductors that are printable, low-cost and eco-friendly...
New expansion microscopy methods magnify research’s impact
Jan 04, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Unprecedented views of the interior of cells and other nanoscale structures are now possible thanks to innovations in expansion microscopy. The advancements could help provide future insight into neuroscience, pathology, and many other biological and medical fields. In the paper published in the journal Nature...
A high-contrast grating structure for direction-tunable lasing
Jan 04, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Lasers find applications across several fields ranging from telecommunications and remote sensing to medicine. There are many ways in which one can generate laser emission, or lasing, from a device or material. Consequently, there are many types of lasers with different principles of operation. One...