New photothermal material enables remote-controlled soft robots to crawl like earthworms

Nov 19, 2023 (Nanowerk News) For decades, scientists have envisioned a future where nimble robots could traverse rugged terrain and squeeze into tight spaces, ideal for search and rescue missions, industrial inspection, and medical procedures. However, traditional rigid robots built from hard materials like metals have proven ill-suited for navigating...

Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Silver nanoparticles: guaranteeing antimicrobial safe-tea

Home > Press > Silver nanoparticles: guaranteeing antimicrobial safe-tea Sometimes the simplest visit to the pharmacy can lead to results that surprise even those with a highly developed imagination. Researchers from the IPC PAS have produced nanoparticles that fight pathogens, including drug-resistant bacteria, much more effectively than some antibiotics. Photo...

Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Inverted perovskite solar cell breaks 25% efficiency record: Researchers improve cell efficiency using a combination of molecules to address different

Home > Press > Inverted perovskite solar cell breaks 25% efficiency record: Researchers improve cell efficiency using a combination of molecules to address different Northwestern University researchers have raised the standards again for perovskite solar cells with a new development that helped the emerging technology hit new records for efficiency. ...

Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: All aquatic species in river mouths are contaminated by microplastics

Home > Press > All aquatic species in river mouths are contaminated by microplastics Microplastic debris on Trabucador beach in the Ebro Delta (Spain). CREDIT (Author: Michael Grelaud/ ICTA-UAB) Abstract:All aquatic species in the river mouths flowing into the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean are contaminated with microplastics,...

Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: New tools will help study quantum chemistry aboard the International Space Station: Rochester Professor Nicholas Bigelow helped develop experiments conducted at NASA’s Cold Atom Lab to probe the fundamental nature of the world around us

Home > Press > New tools will help study quantum chemistry aboard the International Space Station: Rochester Professor Nicholas Bigelow helped develop experiments conducted at NASA’s Cold Atom Lab to probe the fundamental nature of the world around us Abstract:At NASA’s Cold Atom Lab facility aboard the International Space Station,...

Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: New laser setup probes metamaterial structures with ultrafast pulses: The technique could speed up the development of acoustic lenses, impact-resistant films, and other futuristic materials

Home > Press > New laser setup probes metamaterial structures with ultrafast pulses: The technique could speed up the development of acoustic lenses, impact-resistant films, and other futuristic materials This optical micrograph shows an array of microscopic metamaterial samples on a reflective substrate. Laser pulses have been digitally added, depicting...