Day: August 4, 2023

Aug 04, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from Michigan State University and the University of British Columbia have invented a system that can quickly and inexpensively detect airborne viruses using the same technology that enables high-speed trains. The team showed that a technique known as magnetic levitation can be used to...

Aug 04, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Soft robotics is a rapidly growing field that aims to create machines that mimic the flexibility, adaptability, and complex movements found in living organisms. Soft robots, made of flexible, stretchable materials, can perform tasks that are challenging for traditional rigid robots. They can squeeze through...

Aug 04, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Scientists are looking for ways to use the low-value energy widely distributed in natural environments to generate electricity. A research team has created a power generator that collects the natural atmospheric humidity and produces continuous electrical signals. This is the first humidity generator designed using...

Aug 04, 2023 (Nanowerk News) New observations and simulations of three spiral arms of gas feeding material to three protostars forming in a trinary system have clarified the formation of multi-star systems. Most stars with a mass similar to the Sun form in multi-star systems together with other stars. So...

Aug 04, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Engineers are constantly searching for materials with novel, desirable property combinations. For example, an ultra-strong, lightweight material could be used to make airplanes and cars more fuel-efficient, or a material that is porous and biomechanically friendly could be useful for bone implants. Cellular metamaterials —...

Aug 04, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Lean back and admire the scenery while the car drives itself through the city - this is not yet possible, despite technical advancements. Conventional computer hardware and software do not have sufficient interfaces to intervene in an emergency with the same responsiveness as a human....

Aug 04, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A research team consisting of NIMS and the Tokyo University of Science has developed the fastest electric double layer transistor using a highly ion conductive ceramic thin film and a diamond thin film. This transistor may be used to develop energy-efficient, high-speed edge AI devices...

Aug 03, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a robotic gripping device that is gentle enough to pick up a drop of water, strong enough to pick up a 6.4 kilogram (14.1 pound) weight, dexterous enough to fold a cloth, and precise enough to pick...

Aug 03, 2023 (Nanowerk News) On a hot summer day, white clothing feels cooler than other colors due to reflecting—not absorbing—sunlight. Other colors, like blue or black, will undergo a heating effect as they absorb light. To circumvent this heating effect in colored cooling films, researchers drew inspiration from nanostructures...