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IMAGE: An artist’s impression of a neural network (left) next to an optical micrograph of a physical nanowire network. view more  Credit: Adrian Diaz-Alvarez/NIMS Japan (for nanowire image) Scientists at the University of Sydney and Japan’s National Institute for Material Science (NIMS) have discovered that an artificial network of nanowires can be tuned to respond in

IMAGE: The fluorescent nanosensors respond to changes in pH, making them ideal for use as sensors to track healing. view more  Credit: RMIT University Researchers have developed smart wound dressings with built-in nanosensors that glow to alert patients when a wound is not healing properly. The multifunctional, antimicrobial dressings feature fluorescent sensors that glow brightly under

Cunjiang Yu, Bill D. Cook Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston, is reporting the development of a camera with a curvy, adaptable imaging sensor that could improve image quality in endoscopes, night-vision goggles, artificial compound eyes and fish-eye cameras. “Existing curvy imagers are either flexible but not compatible with tunable focal

Annapolis, MD; June 28, 2021–Drones keep getting smaller and smaller, while their potential applications keep getting bigger and bigger. And now unmanned aircraft systems are taking on some of the world’s biggest small problems: insect pests. From crop-munching caterpillars to disease-transmitting mosquitoes, insects that threaten crops, ecosystems, and public health are increasingly being targeted with

IMAGE: The incident light can be split into three independent beams, each with different properties — a conventional beam (right), a beam known as a Bessel beam (center) and an optical… view more  Credit: (Credit: Christina Spägele/Harvard SEAS) The ability to precisely control the various properties of laser light is critical to much of the technology

Deployable structures — objects that transition from a compact state to an expanded one — are used everywhere from backyards to Mars. But as anyone who has ever struggled to open an uncooperative folding chair knows, transforming two-dimensional forms into three-dimensional structures is sometimes a challenge. Now, researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School

DETROIT – A research team at Wayne State University led by Ashis Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D., associate professor of physics and astronomy in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, received a three-year, $326,226 grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate fundamental issues related to the passage of viruses through the mucus barrier. The project, “Transport

IMAGE: a) HAADF-STEM images of replica films prepared from samples #1, #2, #11, and #13 of tetra-n-butylammonium 3-methylpentanoate (TBA-3MP) aqueous solutions. In samples #11 and #13, silver nanoparticles 5-10 nm across… view more  Credit: T. Sugahara/Osaka University and H. Machida/Panasonic Corporation Osaka, Japan – Scientists at Osaka University, Panasonic Corporation, and Waseda University used scanning electron

IMAGE: APEX reactions are carried out on the K, M and bay regions of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, synthesizing multiple nanographenes. These reactions can then be repeated, further increasing the number… view more  Credit: Issey Takahashi A group of researchers at Nagoya University, Japan, have developed a new method for quickly and efficiently synthesizing nanographenes, a

IMAGE: Figure 1 Nanoparticles from Biomolecules: An Eco-Friendly Synthesis view more  Credit: Tokyo Tech In cancer therapy, the effectiveness of an approach is determined by its ability to preserve the non-cancerous cells. Simply put, the higher the collateral damage, the greater are the side-effects of a therapy. An ideal situation is where only the cancer cells

IMAGE: A SP-FET transistor, with F5GT flake on a solid proton conductor (SPC) – scale = 10μm view more  Credit: FLEET A RMIT-led international collaboration published this week has achieved record-high electron doping in a layered ferromagnet, causing magnetic phase transition with significant promise for future electronics Control of magnetism (or spin directions) by electric voltage