Aug 18, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Immunotherapy is viewed as an exceptionally promising weapon in the fight against cancer. In essence, the aim is to activate the body’s immune system in such a way that it identifies and destroys malignant cells. However, the destruction must be as effective and specific as...
Making big leaps in understanding nanoscale gaps
Aug 18, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Creating novel materials by combining layers with unique, beneficial properties seems like a fairly intuitive process—stack up the materials and stack up the benefits. This isn’t always the case, however. Not every material will allow energy to travel through it the same way, making the...
Novel nonlinear circuit to harvest clean power using graphene (w/video)
Aug 18, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Obtaining useful work from random fluctuations in a system at thermal equilibrium has long been considered impossible. In fact, in the 1960s eminent American physicist Richard Feynman effectively shut down further inquiry after he argued in a series of lectures that Brownian motion, or the...
Microscopic transformations of electrocatalyst surfaces
Copper, essential for CO2 reduction to valuable chemicals like ethanol, benefits from a disordered surface arrangement, which can form spontaneously during the initial stages of electrocatalytic CO2 reduction, with CO causing this transformation.
Researchers unveil wireless power for medical implants using near-infrared light
Aug 18, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) In a recent study published in the journal Advanced Materials ("Skin Thermal Management for Subcutaneous Photoelectric Conversion Reaching 500 mW"), a team of researchers from China introduced a new approach to harnessing the power of second near-infrared light (NIR-II) for subcutaneous photoelectric conversion. This research...