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Feb 04, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Physicists have performed a groundbreaking simulation they say sheds new light on an elusive phenomenon that could determine the ultimate fate of the Universe. Pioneering research in quantum field theory around 50 years ago proposed that the universe may be trapped in a false vacuum...

Feb 04, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Medical implants have transformed healthcare, offering innovative solutions with advanced materials and technologies. However, many biomedical devices face challenges like insufficient cell adhesion, leading to inflammatory responses after their implantation in the body. Apatite coatings, particularly hydroxyapatite (HA)—a naturally occurring form of apatite found in...

Feb 04, 2025 (Nanowerk News) The efficient conversion of solar energy into storable forms of chemical energy is the dream of many engineers. Nature found a perfect solution to this problem billions of years ago. The new study ("Reassessing the role and lifetime of Qx in the energy transfer dynamics...

Feb 03, 2025 (Nanowerk News) The future of medicine may very well lie in the personalization of health care—knowing exactly what an individual needs and then delivering just the right mix of nutrients, metabolites, and medications, if necessary, to stabilize and improve their condition. To make this possible, physicians first...

Feb 03, 2025 (Nanowerk News) A large research team led by nanotechnologist Roy van der Meel rebuild the body's own proteins and fats into nano delivery vans that get genetic medicines to exactly the right place in the body. In a joint effort with researchers from Radboudumc they worked for...

Feb 03, 2025 (Nanowerk Spotlight) A standard microwave oven sits on a laboratory bench. Inside, a small sample of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) erupts into brilliant yellow-white plasma, reaching temperatures over 800 °C. This intense plasma forms spontaneously within seconds and maintains itself until the power switches off. Unlike conventional plasma...

Feb 03, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Melanoma is a fast-progressing skin cancer characterized by a high mortality rate after metastasis. Local chemotherapy could be considered a therapeutic approach only in stage 0 of progression (in situ melanoma) and in the postoperative phase after surgical removal of suspected skin lesions. For this...

Feb 03, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Tiny copper ‘nano-flowers’ have been attached to an artificial leaf to produce clean fuels and chemicals that are the backbone of modern energy and manufacturing. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge and the University of California, Berkeley, developed a practical way to make hydrocarbons...

Jan 31, 2025 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Inside the human digestive tract, an electronic capsule can now generate its own electricity using recycled seaweed, power small electronic devices, with the duration depending on the specific energy requirements of each device, kill harmful bacteria through electrical pulses, and then breaks down into fragments...

Jan 31, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Cornell scientists have developed a novel technique to transform symmetrical semiconductor particles into intricately twisted, spiral structures – or “chiral” materials – producing films with extraordinary light-bending properties. The discovery, detailed in a paper in the journal Science ("Transforming achiral semiconductors into chiral domains with...