Mar 08, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A team of physicists has developed a method to detect gravity waves with such low frequencies that they could unlock the secrets behind the early phases of mergers between supermassive black holes, the heaviest objects in the universe. The method can detect gravitational waves that...
Tiny wireless light bulbs for biomedical applications
Mar 08, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A research team from the University of St Andrews and the University of Cologne has developed a new wireless light source that might one day make it possible to 'illuminate' the human body from the inside. Such light sources could enable novel, minimally invasive means...
Researchers develop artificial building blocks of life
Mar 08, 2024 (Nanowerk News) For the first time, scientists from the University of Cologne (UoC) have developed artificial nucleotides, the building blocks of DNA, with several additional properties in the laboratory. They could be used as artificial nucleic acids for therapeutic applications. DNA carries the genetic information of all...
Physics-based predictive tool will speed up battery and superconductor research
Mar 08, 2024 (Nanowerk News) From lithium-ion batteries to next-generation superconductors, the functionality of many modern, advanced technologies depends on the physical property known as intercalation. Unfortunately, it's difficult to identify in advance which of the many possible intercalated materials are stable, which necessitates a lot of trial-and-error lab work...
Deciphering catalysts: Unveiling structure-activity correlations
Mar 08, 2024 (Nanowerk News) In a new step towards combating climate change and transitioning to sustainable solutions, a group of researchers has developed a research paradigm that makes it easier to decipher the relationship between catalyst structures and their reactions. Details of the researchers' breakthrough were published in the...
Completely recycled viscose for the first time
Mar 06, 2024 (Nanowerk News) At present, viscose textiles are made of biomass from the forest, and there is no such thing as fully recycled viscose. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now succeeded in making new viscose – from worn-out cotton sheets. The research has been published in...
Silicon nanotube bundles facilitate efficient RNA therapy delivery in cells
Mar 06, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Precisely modulating gene expression within cells represents a powerful frontier in treating diseases at their roots, rather than merely managing symptoms. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules have emerged as a versatile tool capable of silencing specific genes by disrupting production of their protein products. However,...
Growing supermassive black holes found with James Webb Space Telescope
Mar 07, 2024 (Nanowerk News) The James Webb Space Telescope makes one of the most unexpected findings within its first year of service: A high number of faint little red dots in the distant Universe could change the way we understand the genesis of supermassive black holes. The research, led...
Detecting food allergens with paper microfluidics and a smartphone
Mar 07, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Every day, millions are at risk of falling ill due to undetected allergens or contaminants in their food. However, a groundbreaking solution may be on the horizon, as researchers investigate a game-changing technology to combat foodborne risks. The Food Quality and Safety research group at...
Advancing nanoscale temperature measurement in TEM with lanthanide-doped heavy-metal oxide
Mar 07, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A groundbreaking method for measuring the temperature of nanometer-sized samples within a transmission electron microscope (TEM) has been developed by Professor Oh-Hoon Kwon and his research team in the Department of Chemistry at UNIST. This innovative technology, utilizing nano-thermometers based on cathodoluminescence (CL) spectroscopy, opens...