May 26, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Among the approximately 2,000 known species of termites, some are ecosystem engineers. The mounds built by some genera, for example Amitermes, Macrotermes, Nasutitermes, and Odontotermes, reach up to eight meters high, making them some of the world’s largest biological structures. Natural selection has been at...
Nanorobotic system presents new options for targeting fungal infections
May 26, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Infections caused by fungi, such as Candida albicans, pose a significant global health risk due to their resistance to existing treatments, so much so that the World Health Organization has highlighted this as a priority issue. Although nanomaterials show promise as antifungal agents, current iterations...
Non-contact microsphere ultrafast laser nanopatterning technology
May 26, 2023 (Nanowerk News) In the past decades, the development of nano-fabrication technology is driven by the need to increase the density of components and performance, which requires high accuracy in material processing and the capability of manufacturing in an atmospheric environment. Compared to other advanced processing methods, ultrafast...
Active Brownian particles have four distinct states of motion
May 26, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Active Brownian motion describes particles which can propel themselves forwards, while still being subjected to random Brownian motions as they are jostled around by their neighbouring particles. Through new analysis published in EPJ E ("Active Brownian particles in a biased periodic potential"), Meng Su at...
Artificial intelligence-assisted chiral nanophotonic designs
May 26, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Chiral nanostructures can enhance the weak inherent chiral effects of biomolecules and highlight the important roles in chiral detection. However, the design of the chiral nanostructures is challenged by extensive theoretical simulations and explorative experiments. Recently, Zheyu Fang’s group proposed a chiral nanostructure design method...