Jan 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Renewable energy sources are central to the energy transition toward a more sustainable future. However, as sources like sunshine and wind are inherently variable and inconsistent, finding ways to store energy in an accessible and efficient way is crucial. While there are many effective solutions...
Screen-printing method can make wearable electronics less expensive
Jan 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The glittering, serpentine structures that power wearable electronics can be created with the same technology used to print rock concert t-shirts, new research shows. The study, led by Washington State University researchers, demonstrates that electrodes can be made using just screen printing, creating a stretchable,...
Novel design helps develop powerful microbatteries
Jan 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Translating electrochemical performance of large format batteries to microscale power sources has been a long-standing technological challenge, limiting the ability of batteries to power microdevices, microrobots and implantable medical devices. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers have created a high-voltage microbattery (> 9 V), with high-energy...
Electron injection in fullerenes builds novel crystalline carbons
Jan 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Charge injection has been widely utilized to tune the energy level of electrons in semiconductors without altering their microscopic structure. Recently, a research team led by Professor ZHU Yanwu from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has discovered another function of charge injection....
A smart intraocular lens technology capable of early-stage dementia diagnosis
Jan 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) smart intraocular lens that can be inserted into the eye to diagnose Alzheimer's has been developed for the first time in Korea. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), an institute under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science and ICT, through joint research...
QUIJOTE maps the structure of our galaxy’s magnetic field
Jan 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The QUIJOTE experiment is sited at the Teide Observatory (Izaña, Tenerife) and comprises two telescopes, each of 2.25m diameter, which observe the sky in the microwave range (10-40 GHz). Led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) this experiment started observing in 2012. Now,...
Now on the molecular scale: electric motors
Jan 11, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Electric vehicles, powered by macroscopic electric motors, are increasingly prevalent on our streets and highways. These quiet and eco-friendly machines got their start nearly 200 years ago when physicists took the first tiny steps to bring electric motors into the world. Now a multidisciplinary team...
Researchers create an optical tractor beam that pulls macroscopic objects
Jan 11, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers have developed a way to use laser light to pull a macroscopic object. Although microscopic optical tractor beams have been demonstrated before, this is one of the first times that laser pulling has been used on larger objects. Caption: Researchers showed that laser light...