Jan 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) smart intraocular lens that can be inserted into the eye to diagnose Alzheimer's has been developed for the first time in Korea. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), an institute under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science and ICT, through joint research...
QUIJOTE maps the structure of our galaxy’s magnetic field
Jan 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The QUIJOTE experiment is sited at the Teide Observatory (Izaña, Tenerife) and comprises two telescopes, each of 2.25m diameter, which observe the sky in the microwave range (10-40 GHz). Led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) this experiment started observing in 2012. Now,...
Now on the molecular scale: electric motors
Jan 11, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Electric vehicles, powered by macroscopic electric motors, are increasingly prevalent on our streets and highways. These quiet and eco-friendly machines got their start nearly 200 years ago when physicists took the first tiny steps to bring electric motors into the world. Now a multidisciplinary team...
Researchers create an optical tractor beam that pulls macroscopic objects
Jan 11, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers have developed a way to use laser light to pull a macroscopic object. Although microscopic optical tractor beams have been demonstrated before, this is one of the first times that laser pulling has been used on larger objects. Caption: Researchers showed that laser light...
Nanotechnology may improve gene therapy for blindness
Jan 11, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Using nanotechnology that enabled mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines, a new approach to gene therapy may improve how physicians treat inherited forms of blindness. A collaborative team of researchers with Oregon Health & Science University and Oregon State University have developed an approach that uses lipid nanoparticles — tiny,...
Physicists develop a new method that strengthens electron-triggered light emission
Jan 11, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The way electrons interact with photons of light is a key part of many modern technologies, from lasers to solar panels to LEDs. But the interaction is inherently a weak one because of a major mismatch in scale: A wavelength of visible light is about...
Converting temperature fluctuations into clean energy with novel nanoparticles and heating strategy
Jan 11, 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...
How scientists can benefit from blockchain technology
Jan 11, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) A blockchain is a type of distributed ledger technology (DLT) that consists of a chain of blocks, each containing a list of transactions. Each block also contains a reference to the previous block, forming a chain. This chain of blocks is stored across a decentralized...
Model-independent method to weigh protoplanetary disks
Jan 11, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Astronomers have found a way to directly measure the amount of gas in protoplanetary disks without needing to make assumptions about the relative amounts of different types of gas, making this method more accurate and robust than previous methods. Planets form in protoplanetary disks of...
NASA’s TESS discovers planetary system’s second Earth-size world
Jan 11, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Using data from NASAâs Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-size world, called TOI 700 e, orbiting within the habitable zone of its star â the range of distances where liquid water could occur on a planetâs surface. The world is 95% Earthâs...