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December 24, 2024

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Step Forward in Generating Solar-Powered Hydrogen

Dec. 17, 2024 — Another advance has been made by experts in nano-scale chemistry to propel further development of sustainable and efficient generation of hydrogen from water using solar power. Experts have now identified a novel solar cell process to potentially ...

Towards Quantitative Point-of-Care Testing With Novel Bioluminescent Immunosensor

Dec. 16, 2024 — A novel nanobody-based immunosensor, designed to function stably in undiluted biological fluids and harsh conditions, has been developed. Their innovative design leverages BRET -- bioluminescence ...

Tiny, Wireless Antennas Use Light to Monitor Cellular Communication

Dec. 20, 2024 — Researchers developed a biosensing technique that eliminates the need for wires. Instead, tiny, wireless antennas use light to detect minute electrical signals in the solution around ...

Tinkering With the 'Clockwork' Mechanisms of Life

Dec. 19, 2024 — Opening new doors for the development of nanotechnologies in medicine and other fields, scientists recreate and compare two natural mechanisms to better program the timescale of molecular communication and ...

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Generate Electricity by Attaching Device to Your Clothes

Dec. 16, 2024 — A research team has developed a highly efficient wearable energy harvester that can power electronic devices using only body ...

This Prototype Sunscreen Protects Your Skin and Cools You Off, Too

Dec. 19, 2024 — Wearing sunscreen is important to protect your skin from the harmful effects of UV radiation but doesn't cool people off. However, a new formula protects against both UV light and heat from the sun ...

Nano Drug Delivery System Heralds Safer Era for Drug Development

Dec. 17, 2024 — A team of researchers has created an innovative drug delivery system with outstanding potential to improve drug ...

New Discovery by Scientists Redefines Magnetism

Dec. 17, 2024 — Step into a world so tiny, it defies imagination -- the nanoscale. Picture a single strand of hair, now shrink it a million times. You've arrived. Here, atoms and molecules are the architects of ...

Peptide-Guided Nanoparticles Deliver mRNA to Neurons

Dec. 17, 2024 — Engineers have modified lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) -- the revolutionary technology behind the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines -- to not only cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) but also to target specific ...

Microchips Capable of Detecting and Diagnosing Diseases

Dec. 16, 2024 — Researchers have developed microchips using field-effect transistors that can detect multiple diseases from a single air sample with high sensitivity. The technology enables rapid testing and could ...

Blood Test Could Make Cancer Treatments Safer and More Effective

Dec. 16, 2024 — Scientists have developed a new blood test that could screen cancer patients to help make their treatment safer and more ...

Unlocking Next-Gen Chip Efficiency: Confirming Thermal Insights for Tiny Circuits

Dec. 12, 2024 — A team of researchers unlock heat flow principles in ultra-thin metals, paving the way for faster, smaller, more efficient computer ...

Smallest Molecular Machine: Reversible Sliding Motion in Ammonium-Linked Ferrocene

Dec. 12, 2024 — Ferrocene is a key molecule for developing molecular machines. However, it readily decomposes on the surface of flat noble metal substrates, marking ...

Mapping the Nanoscale Architecture of Functional Materials

Dec. 11, 2024 — Researchers have pioneered a new technique called X-ray linear dichroic orientation tomography, which probes the orientation of a material's building blocks at the nanoscale in three-dimensions. ...

Advancing the Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Gold Monolayers

Dec. 10, 2024 — Nanostructured two-dimensional gold monolayers offer possibilities in catalysis, electronics, and ...

Scientists Developed a Nanolaser: Silver Nanocubes Enable Light Generation

Dec. 10, 2024 — Scientists have developed a unique nanolaser. Although the dimensions of this laser are so small that its structure can only be seen through a powerful microscope, its potential is vast. With ...

'Layer Down' -- Thin Coating of Mxene Material Could Replace Thick Layers of Insulation

Dec. 5, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that MXenes, a type of material known for its excellent electrical conductivity, actually have very low thermal conductivity. This finding challenges the usual link ...

Uncovered a Mystery of 'Electron Carrier' Existing in All Living Organisms: Discovery of a 'Nano-Switch Mechanism' Controlled by a Single Hydrogen Atom

Dec. 3, 2024 — The hydrogen atoms of [4Fe-4S] type ferredoxin, one of the electron carriers, have been visualized and both experiments and calculations have revealed the mechanisms that control the redox potential. ...

Researchers Demonstrate Self-Assembling Electronics

Dec. 2, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated a new technique for self-assembling electronic devices. The proof-of-concept work was used to create diodes and transistors, and paves the way for self-assembling more ...

Smallest Walking Robot Makes Microscale Measurements

Dec. 2, 2024 — Researchers have created the smallest walking robot yet. Its mission: to be tiny enough to interact with waves of visible light and still move independently, so that it can maneuver to specific ...

Artificial Photosynthesis Learned from Nature: Successfully Developed New Solar Hydrogen Production Technology

Dec. 2, 2024 — Scientists developed next-generation energy technology to produce eco-friendly hydrogen from ingredients in ...

Innovative Nanostructures Pave the Way for Advanced Robotics -- And Mini Dinosaurs

Nov. 28, 2024 — Using 'DNA origami' scientists have built innovative nanostructures that pave the way for advanced robotics that can deliver targeted drugs -- plus they made a tiny map of Australia and ...

In Major Materials Breakthrough, Team Solves a Nearly 200-Year-Old Challenge in Polymers

Nov. 27, 2024 — Researchers' new polymer strategy shifts a centuries-old engineering paradigm with a molecular design that doesn't sacrifice stretchability for ...

Nanorobot Hand Made of DNA Grabs Viruses for Diagnostics and Blocks Cell Entry

Nov. 27, 2024 — A tiny, four-fingered 'hand' folded from a single piece of DNA can pick up the virus that causes COVID-19 for highly sensitive rapid detection and can even block viral particles from ...

Drug Research: Decoding the Structure of Nano 'Gene Ferries'

Nov. 27, 2024 — Researchers have investigated how cationic polymers organize on a molecular level when transporting RNA ...

New Imaging Platform Revolutionizes 3D Visualization of Cellular Structures

Nov. 26, 2024 — A team of researchers has developed an innovative imaging platform that promises to improve our understanding of cellular structures at the nanoscale. This platform, called soTILT3D for ...

Nano-Patterned Copper Oxide Sensor for Ultra-Low Hydrogen Detection

Nov. 22, 2024 — A novel hydrogen sensor offers a promising solution for real-time hydrogen leak detection, addressing safety concerns in industrial applications. This sensor, made with nano-patterned cupric-oxide ...

Chemists Create World's Thinnest 'Spaghetti'

Nov. 21, 2024 — The world's thinnest spaghetti, about 200 times thinner than a human hair, has been ...

Physicists Develop New Method to Visualize Magnetic Nanostructures With High Resolution

Nov. 20, 2024 — A new method enables researchers to analyse magnetic nanostructures with a high resolution. The new method achieves a resolution of around 70 nanometers, whereas normal light microscopes have a ...

Detecting Cancer in Urine: Nanowire-Based Capture of Micro-Ribonucleic Acids

Nov. 19, 2024 — The detection of cancer-associated micro-ribonucleic acids (miRNAs) in urine through a combination of nanowire-based miRNA extraction and machine learning (ML) analysis can fuel the development of ...

Machine Learning and Supercomputer Simulations Help Researchers to Predict Interactions Between Gold Nanoparticles and Blood Proteins

Nov. 18, 2024 — Researchers have used machine learning and supercomputer simulations to investigate how tiny gold nanoparticles bind to blood proteins. The studies discovered that favorable nanoparticle-protein ...

Electron Imaging Reveals the Vibrant Colors of the Outermost Electron Layer

Nov. 18, 2024 — Surfaces play a key role in numerous chemical reactions, including catalysis and corrosion. Understanding the atomic structure of the surface of a functional material is essential for both engineers ...

An Advance Toward Inhalable mRNA Medications, Vaccines

Nov. 13, 2024 — Most people don't enjoy getting shots for treatments or vaccines. So, researchers are working to create more medicines, such as those made from messenger RNA (mRNA), that can be sprayed and ...

Storm in a Laser Beam: Physicists Create 'Light Hurricanes' That Could Transport Huge Amounts of Data

Nov. 11, 2024 — The discovery, centred around controlling tiny hurricanes of light and electromagnetic fields, could revolutionise how much information we can deliver over ...