Jun 06, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Atoms do weird things when forced out of their comfort zones. Rice University engineers have thought up a new way to give them a nudge. Materials theorist Boris Yakobson and his team at Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering have a theory that changing...
Liquid platinum at room temperature
Jun 06, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers in Australia have been able to use trace amounts of liquid platinum to create cheap and highly efficient chemical reactions at low temperatures, opening a pathway to dramatic emissions reductions in crucial industries. When combined with liquid gallium, the amounts of platinum required are...
New nanoparticles aid sepsis treatment in mice
Jun 06, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Sepsis, the body’s overreaction to an infection, affects more than 1.5 million people and kills at least 270,000 every year in the U.S. alone. The standard treatment of antibiotics and fluids is not effective for many patients, and those who survive face a higher risk...
Intersecting light beams key in transformative 3D printer potential
Jun 06, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers have used intersecting light beams to control chemical reactions in an advanced material, paving the way for future use in 3D printers that print entire layers, instead of single points, at a time. QUT’s Centre for Materials Science interdisciplinary...
Are the ethics of synthetic biology fit for purpose?
Jun 06, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Synthetic biology promises far reaching solutions to human concerns, from averting climate catastrophes to medical breakthroughs. But are ethics keeping pace with emerging technology? The case study of engineered Artemisinin, used to combat malaria, suggests a more nuanced approach is needed to address the ethical...
Autonomous machines inspired by nature
Jun 06, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A recent paper in ACS Nano ("Rapid Exchange of Stably Bound Protein and DNA Cargo on a DNA Origami Receptor") describes how the research team, including lead author Dr James Brown, A/Prof Lawrence Lee and Dr Jonathan Berengut of UNSW Sydney, designed and built stable...
Researchers create ‘time machine’ simulations studying the lifecycle of ancestor galaxy cities (w/video)
Jun 06, 2022 (Nanowerk News) For the first time, researchers have created simulations that directly recreate the full life cycle of some of the largest collections of galaxies observed in the distant universe 11 billion years ago, reports a new study in Nature Astronomy ("Predicted future fate of COSMOS galaxy...