Jan 31, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Some of the most exciting topics in modern physics, such as high-temperature superconductors and some proposals for quantum computers, come down to the exotic things that happen when these systems hover between two quantum states. Unfortunately, understanding what's happening at those points, known as quantum...
Transforming the way cancer vaccines are designed and made
Jan 31, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A new way to significantly increase the potency of almost any vaccine has been developed by researchers from the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) at Northwestern University. The scientists used chemistry and nanotechnology to change the structural location of adjuvants and antigens on and within...
Six parts of your car that gather data on you
Jan 31, 2023 (Nanowerk News) You can tell a lot about someone from the car they drive. The data that many vehicles now collect can reveal the patterns of our daily lives and provide insights into our behaviour, actions and even our state of mind. Vehicle forensics is a type...
How to make hydrogels more injectable
Jan 31, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Gel-like materials that can be injected into the body hold great potential to heal injured tissues or manufacture entirely new tissues. Many researchers are working to develop these hydrogels for biomedical uses, but so far very few have made it into the clinic. To help...
An illuminated water droplet creates an ‘optical atom’
Jan 31, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Shining light on a water droplet creates effects analogous to what happens in an atom. This can help us understand how atoms work, write researchers from the University of Gothenburg in a new journal article. If you whisper by the wall in the dome of...
Converting temperature fluctuations into clean energy with novel nanoparticles and heating strategy
Jan 31, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Pyroelectric catalysis (pyro-catalysis) can convert environmental temperature fluctuations into clean chemical energy, like hydrogen. However, compared with the more common catalysis strategy, such as photocatalysis, pyro-catalysis is inefficient due to slow temperature changes in the ambient environment. Recently, a team co-led by researchers at City...
Artificial intelligence learns to visualize extensive datasets
Jan 31, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A new AI algorithm developed by researchers at the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence is aimed at visualizing datasets as clearly as possible (Statistics and Computing, "Stochastic cluster embedding"). The project demonstrated that the solution chosen independently by the algorithm was often very close to...
Researchers present a fundamental technology to remove metastatic traits from lung cancer cells?
Jan 30, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A research team led by Professor Kwang-Hyun Cho from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)) succeeded in using systems biology research to change the properties of carcinogenic cells in the lungs and eliminate both drug...
Scientists illuminate barrier to next-generation battery that charges very quickly
Jan 30, 2023 (Nanowerk News) New lithium metal batteries with solid electrolytes are lightweight, inflammable, pack a lot of energy, and can be recharged very quickly, but they have been slow to develop due to mysterious short circuiting and failure. Now, researchers at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory...
Experiments visualize how 2D perovskite structures change when excited
Jan 30, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Rice University researchers already knew the atoms in perovskites react favorably to light. Now they can see precisely how those atoms move. A breakthrough in visualization supports their efforts to squeeze every possible drop of utility out of perovskite-based materials, including solar cells, a long-standing...