Jan 10, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A new study by the University of Barcelona has analyzed the viability of a new nanomolecule as drug delivery vehicle. The results, published in the journal Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces ("On the uptake of cationic liposomes by cells: From changes in elasticity to internalization"),...
Nanopore-based sensing device explores neurodegenerative diseases
Jan 10, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Tau and tubulin proteins are one of the leading causes of many neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Most of neurodegenerative disease progression is related to the aggregation of these proteins in the brain. Inspired by one of her doctoral students who wanted to...
The optical fibre that keeps data safe even after being twisted or bent
Jan 10, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Optical fibres are the backbone of our modern information networks. From long-range communication over the internet to high-speed information transfer within data centres and stock exchanges, optical fibre remains critical in our globalised world. Fibre networks are not, however, structurally perfect, and information transfer can...
Milestone for light-driven electronics
Jan 10, 2023 (Nanowerk News) An international team of scientists collaborating within the Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat has achieved a breakthrough in quantum research – the first detection of excitons (electrically neutral quasiparticles) in a topological insulator. This discovery paves the way for a new generation of light-driven computer...
Astronomers spotted unusual stellar explosion rich in oxygen and magnesium
Jan 10, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A study led from the University of Turku, Finland, discovered a supernova explosion that expands our understanding of the later life stages of massive stars (Astrophysical Journal Letters, "Late-time H/He-poor Circumstellar Interaction in the Type Ic Supernova SN 2021ocs: An Exposed Oxygen–Magnesium Layer and Extreme...
What killer robots mean for the future of war
Jan 10, 2023 (Nanowerk News) You might have heard of killer robots, slaughterbots or terminators – officially called lethal autonomous weapons (LAWs) – from films and books. And the idea of super-intelligent weapons running rampant is still science fiction. But as AI weapons become increasingly sophisticated, public concern is growing...
Researchers develop AI method for mapping planets
Jan 10, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Can the mapping of planets become an automated process? Scientists from Constructor University in Bremen, Germany, the University of Padua, and the University of Bologna have now developed a novel, open-source approach for the mapping of planetary landforms using artificial intelligence. The pre-release version of...
A new, fool-proof method to evaluate thermoelectric materials
Jan 09, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Working with one of the world’s preeminent thermoelectric materials researchers, a team of researchers in the Clemson Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Clemson Nanomaterials Institute (CNI) has developed a new, fool-proof method to evaluate thermoelectric materials (Journal of Applied Physics, "Thermoelectric figure-of-merit from...
Chemical researchers discover catalyst to make renewable paints, coatings, and diapers
Jan 09, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers has invented a groundbreaking new catalyst technology that converts renewable materials like trees and corn to the key chemicals, acrylic acid, and acrylates used in paints, coatings, and superabsorbent polymers. The new catalyst technology is...