Jul 10, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) The concept of Magnetoresistance, with a special focus on Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR), has been a driving force in technological advancements. The inception of this concept can be traced back to the pivotal works of Albert Fert and Peter Grunberg in the 1980s. Their ground-breaking research...
A novel approach to double metal atom catalysts
Jul 11, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) As we grapple with the escalating threat of climate change, the quest to decarbonize our atmosphere is more urgent than ever. A promising strategy to reduce atmospheric CO2 concentration lies in the use of electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reactions (CO2RR) powered by clean energy sources. One...
Revolutionary self-sensing electric artificial muscles
Jul 11, 2023 (Nanowerk News) In a study published recently in Advanced Intelligent Systems ("An Electric Self-Sensing and Variable-Stiffness Artificial Muscle"), researchers from Queen Mary University of London have made significant advancements in the field of bionics with the development of a new type of electric variable-stiffness artificial muscle that...
Making headway in precision therapeutics with novel fully organic bioelectronic device
Jul 11, 2023 (Nanowerk News) As researchers make major advances in medical care, they are also discovering that the efficacy of these treatments can be enhanced by individualized approaches. Therefore, clinicians increasingly need methods that can both continuously monitor physiological signals and then personalize responsive delivery of therapeutics. Need for...
3D bioprinting technology to be used for removing cancer cells
Jul 11, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Through joint research with the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), institute under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science and ICT, developed a 3D bioprinting technology using natural killer cells (NK cells) as a...
2D metal contacts stop transistor leakage currents in their tracks
Jul 10, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Using a two-dimensional material to electrically connect to high-power semiconductor transistors improves device performance. Computers, despite all their apparent complexity, are basically just a large number of electronic switches, flicking on and off in the right order to process digital information. Semiconductor technology has made...
A safe, easy, and affordable way to store and retrieve hydrogen
Jul 10, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have discovered a compound that uses a chemical reaction to store ammonia, potentially offering a safer and easier way to store this important chemical. This discovery, published in the Journal of the American...
Magnetic robots walk, crawl, and swim
Jul 10, 2023 (Nanowerk News) MIT scientists have developed tiny, soft-bodied robots that can be controlled with a weak magnet. The robots, formed from rubbery magnetic spirals, can be programmed to walk, crawl, swim — all in response to a simple, easy-to-apply magnetic field. “This is the first time this...
Sign-reversal of Josephson diode effect
Jul 10, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Most transistors, including the building blocks of computer's CPUs, generate heat. This is, because most conductors are resistive, leading to Joule heating. Indeed, there are special transistors which do not generate heat, the so-called “Josephson junction field effect transistors”. They are based on the Josephson...