Apr 16, 2024 (Nanowerk News) To save on fuel and reduce aircraft emissions, engineers are looking to build lighter, stronger airplanes out of advanced composites. These engineered materials are made from high-performance fibers that are embedded in polymer sheets. The sheets can be stacked and pressed into one multilayered material...
Millions of gamers advance biomedical research
Apr 16, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Leveraging gamers and video game technology can dramatically boost scientific research according to a new study published in Nature Biotechnology ("Improving microbial phylogeny with citizen science within a mass-market video game"). 4.5 million gamers around the world have advanced medical science by helping to reconstruct...
Researchers create ‘goldene’, as single atom layer of gold
Apr 16, 2024 (Nanowerk News) For the first time, scientists have managed to create sheets of gold only a single atom layer thick. The material has been termed goldene. According to researchers from Linköping University, Sweden, this has given the gold new properties that can make it suitable for use...
Electrical control of magnetism by electric field and current-induced torques
Apr 16, 2024 (Nanowerk News) In a recent review article published in Reviews of Modern Physics ("Electrical control of magnetism by electric field and current-induced torques"), Fèlix Casanova from the Nanodevices group at CIC nanoGUNE, Prof. Albert Fert, Nobel Prize in Physics, and his colleagues review the state of the...
A microfluidic platform that simulates human digestion
Apr 15, 2024 (Nanowerk News) In a recently published study in Analyst ("From mouth to gut: microfluidic in vitro simulation of human gastro-intestinal digestion and intestinal permeability"), INL researchers developed an innovative microfluidic platform that is capable of replicating key human gastrointestinal processes, offering a game-changing tool for the assessment...
A new kind of resistor
Apr 15, 2024 (Nanowerk News) The precise measurement of electrical resistance is essential in industrial production or electronics – for example, in the manufacture of high-tech sensors, microchips and flight controls. “Very precise measurements are essential here, as even the smallest deviations can significantly affect these complex systems“, explains Professor...
Rechargeable afterglow nanotorch for in vivo tracing
Apr 15, 2024 (Nanowerk News) An afterglow luminescent nanoprobe opens up new possibilities for imaging living cells. As a research team reports in the journal Angewandte Chemie ("Rechargeable Afterglow Nanotorches for In Vivo Tracing of Cell-Based Microrobots"), their new “nanotorch” can continue to luminesce for over ten days after a...
A magnetic butterfly poised to advance quantum technologies
Apr 15, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a new design concept for creating next-generation carbon-based nanomaterials, in the form of a tiny magnetic nanographene with a unique butterfly-shape hosting highly correlated spins. This new design has the potential to accelerate the advancement...
4D Printed robot dances and crawls via temperature shifts (w/video)
Apr 15, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Roboticists have long aimed to create machines capable of navigating complex environments and performing sophisticated tasks by replicating the remarkable adaptability and functionality of biological organisms. The animal kingdom is replete with examples of creatures that effortlessly swim, crawl, slither, and scuttle through challenging terrain,...
Pharmaceuticals from the inkjet printer
Apr 13, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) In pharmaceutical manufacturing, the drive towards personalized medicine has consistently faced obstacles posed by traditional production techniques. Standard methods, which typically involve mass production of medications in large batches with fixed dosages, fail to meet the diverse health requirements of individual patients. This conventional approach...