New diagnostic platform uses nanotechnology and machine learning to identify infectious diseases quickly

Jun 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Infectious diseases and respiratory infections in particular are a leading cause of global mortality. As such, there is an urgent need for rapid, large-scale diagnostic tools that can detect these diseases early, something which doesn’t currently exist. To address these problems, McGill University Professor of...

Engineers create continuously tunable thermal regulators for batteries and electronic devices

Jun 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Battery safety and performance in electronic devices and systems like battery thermal management, space conditioning, vehicle thermal comfort and thermal energy storage can improve thanks to a continuously tunable thermal regulator created at Purdue University’s College of Engineering. Xiulin Ruan and Amy Marconnet have invented...