Feb 20, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The Internet of Things (IoT) requires the installation free of time and space, therefore, needs independent power sources that are not restricted by batteries or power lines. Energy harvesting technology harvests wasted energy such as vibration, heat, light, and electromagnetic waves from everyday settings, such...
Researchers develop first nanotube sensors capable of detecting and distinguishing gibberellin plant hormones
Feb 20, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore and their collaborators from Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) have developed the first ever nanosensor that can...
The perfect explosion in space
Feb 20, 2023 (Nanowerk News) When neutron stars collide, they produce an explosion that, contrary to what was believed until recently, is shaped almost like a perfect sphere. Although how this is possible is still a mystery, the discovery may provide a new key to measuring the age of the...
WS2 photodetectors on paper substrates show promising results for disposable electronics
Feb 20, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Scientists at the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (part of the Spanish National Research Council), in collaboration with partners from King Saud University (Saudi Arabia) and Xidian University (China), have made significant strides in developing photodetectors made with tungsten disulfide (WS2) on paper...
New software assembles complete genome sequences on-demand
Feb 18, 2023 (Nanowerk News) National Institutes of Health researchers have developed and released an innovative software tool to assemble truly complete (i.e., gapless) genome sequences from a variety of species. This software, called Verkko, which means “network” in Finnish, makes the process of assembling complete genome sequences more affordable...
Using carbon-coated magnetite nanoclusters for synergistic cancer therapy
Feb 18, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Prof. WANG Hui, together with Prof. LIN Wenchu and associate Prof. QIAN Junchao from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), has recently reported a near infrared (NIR)-II-responsive carbon-coated iron oxide nanocluster, which was guided by magnetic resonance image and capable of combined photothermal and...
This ‘Harry Potter’ light sensor achieves magically high efficiency of 200 per cent
Feb 18, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Solar panels with multiple stacked cells are currently breaking records. Remarkably, a team of researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology and TNO at Holst Centre have now managed to make photodiodes - based on a similar technology - with a photoelectron yield of more than...
Making nanoparticle building blocks for new materials
Feb 18, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Some researchers are driven by the quest to improve a specific product, like a battery or a semiconductor. Others are motivated by tackling questions faced by a given industry. Rob Macfarlane, MIT’s Paul M. Cook Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, is driven by...
The mysterious black behemoths controlling our galaxies
Feb 18, 2023 (Nanowerk News) It was only last year that astronomers were finally able to unveil the first pictures of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy. But you couldn’t actually see the black hole itself, not directly. That’s because it is so dense...
A molecular close-up
Feb 18, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Imagine going for an MRI scan of your knee. This scan measures the density of water molecules present in your knee, at a resolution of about one cubic millimeter – which is great for determining whether, for example, a meniscus in the knee is torn....