Sep 30, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the University of Twente have developed a new method that allows them to precisely control chemical reactions using metal ions. This marks an important step towards computers that function like the human brain. They recently published their findings in the scientific journal Nature...
Plasma made copper MOF nanozymes detect bioactive food compounds efficiently
Sep 30, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Nanozymes have high catalytic activity, high stability and high adaptability, and have become a new sensitive material for building sensors in the field of detection. Designing and preparing efficient nanozymes and promotion of their application in food detection have attracted much attention from researchers. Recently,...
Symmetric materials unexpectedly absorb light based on its ‘handedness’
Sep 30, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the University of Ottawa have made a discovery that changes what we know about light and materials. They found that engineered achiral (symmetric) materials, called achiral plasmonic metasurfaces, can absorb light differently depending on the handedness of the wavefront of light. This was...
Phase-change vanadium oxide-based thermochromic smart windows
Sep 30, 2024 (Nanowerk News) In a recent review article published in Light: Science & Applications ("Phase-change VO2-based thermochromic smart windows"), Professor Dangyuan Lei and his team from the City University of Hong Kong have conducted an extensive examination of recent progress in phase-change VO2-based thermochromic smart windows. The review,...
Revolutionary technology to unravel complex protein interactions that could transform cancer diagnostics
Sep 30, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers from NUS Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech), led by Associate Professor Shao Huilin and Associate Professor Brian Lim, has developed a first-of-its-kind technology to map out diverse protein interactions in cells using DNA barcodes. The technology, dubbed TETRIS, can...
Plastics are stronger and lighter thanks to carbon nanotubes derivatives
Sep 30, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Reducing the environmental impact caused by plastics can be addressed through different strategies, such as the manufacture of more durable plastics or recycling. In general, there are two main types of plastics. The first is thermoplastics, which can be melted and molded to form other...
‘Squeezing’ increases accuracy out of quantum measurements
Sep 30, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Quantum squeezing is a concept in quantum physics where the uncertainty in one aspect of a system is reduced while the uncertainty in another related aspect is increased. Imagine squeezing a round balloon filled with air. In its normal state, the balloon is perfectly spherical....
Flexible electronic skin display seamlessly integrates microLED array with hydrogel battery
Sep 27, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Imagine a digital display as thin as a temporary tattoo, conforming perfectly to the curves of your skin, powered by a battery as flexible as the tissue beneath it. This vision, once confined to the realm of science fiction, is rapidly materializing in research laboratories...
New material property advances energy-efficient tech
Sep 27, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Orbital angular momentum monopoles have been the subject of great theoretical interest as they offer major practical advantages for the emerging field of orbitronics, a potential energy-efficient alternative to traditional electronics. Now, through a combination of robust theory and experiments at the Swiss Light Source...
New map of the universe shows mega structures
Sep 27, 2024 (Nanowerk News) An international research team led by the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) has developed a new method of imaging the universe and created a fascinating map of the cosmos based on analysing the motions of 56,000 galaxies. The work shows impressive cosmic structures and...