Jun 12, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Artificial intelligence is poised to bring photovoltaic systems into a new era through revolutionary improvements in efficiency, reliability, and predictability of solar power generation. In their paper published in CAAI Artificial Intelligence Research ("A Comprehensive Review of Artificial Intelligence Applications in the Photovoltaic Systems"), a...
Swimming microrobots deliver cancer-fighting drugs to metastatic lung tumors in mice
Jun 12, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed microscopic robots, known as microrobots, capable of swimming through the lungs to deliver cancer-fighting medication directly to metastatic tumors. This approach has shown promise in mice, where it inhibited the growth and spread of tumors...
Quantum dot based metasurface enables two objects to exist in the same space
Jun 12, 2024 (Nanowerk News) In relationships, sharing closer spaces naturally deepens the connection as bonds form and strengthen through increasing shared memories. This principle applies not only to human interactions but also to engineering. Recently, an intriguing study was published demonstrating the use of quantum dots to create metasurfaces,...
Affordable and sensitive nanofiber piezoelectric sensors for human and robot motion monitoring
Jun 12, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Flexible piezoelectric sensors are essential to monitor the motions of both humans and humanoid robots. However, existing designs are either are costly or have limited sensitivity. In a recent study, researchers from Japan tackled these issues by developing a novel piezoelectric composite material made from...
A novel spray device helps researchers capture fast-moving cell processes
Jun 12, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Cells are the basic units of life – but many of their fundamental processes happen so fast and at such small length scales that current scientific tools and methods can't keep up, preventing us from developing a deeper understanding. Now, researchers with SLAC National Accelerator...
Flexible and stretchable microfluidic devices created by direct printing of silicone 3D microchannel networks
Jun 12, 2024 (Nanowerk News) The transition from traditional 2D to 3D microfluidic structures is a significant advancement in microfluidics, offering benefits in scientific and industrial applications. These 3D systems improve throughput through parallel operation, and soft elastomeric networks, when filled with conductive materials like liquid metal, allowing for the...
Dark excitons shed new light on matter
Jun 12, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A team of Monash researchers have uncovered for the first time the full effects of interactions between exciton-polaritons and their associated dark excitonic reservoir. The study was published in Physical Review B ("Polaronic polariton quasiparticles in a dark excitonic medium"). Exciton-polaritons (‘polaritons’, for short) are...
Researchers demonstrate new way to ‘squeeze’ infrared light
Jun 10, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers have for the first time demonstrated that a specific class of oxide membranes can confine, or “squeeze,” infrared light – a finding that holds promise for next generation infrared imaging technologies. The thin-film membranes confine infrared light far better than bulk crystals, which are...