As fossil fuel-based resources continue to deplete, alternative fuels are in high demand. A paper published in the journal Scientific Reports aimed to determine the efficiency of using waste fish oil biodiesel, mixed with nanoparticles, in a water...
Aug 4, 2022
Scientists are attempting to improve solar device performance as the global demand for solar energy increases. This is essential if solar technology is to contend with conventional energy sources. However, there are theoretical restrictions on how...
Aug 4, 2022
The development of nanorobots has significantly improved nanomedicine strategies. Although nanorobots serve as an excellent drug delivery system, fabricating magnetically controllable nanorobots with precise sizes, which are appropriate for drug d...
Aug 4, 2022
Developing enhanced efficiency fertilizers is pivotal for achieving sustainable agriculture. In a study published in Carbohydrate Polymers, nanocellulose fibers distributed in biodegradable polymer frameworks were examined for nutrient delivery.
Aug 4, 2022
Advances in the fields of robotics, autonomous driving and computer vision have increased the need for highly performing sensors that can reliably collect data in different environmental conditions. This includes imagers that can operate at near-i...
Aug 4, 2022
Researchers have designed smart, colour-controllable white light devices from quantum dots – tiny semiconductors just a few billionths of a metre in size – which are more efficient and have better colour saturation than standard LEDs, and can dyna...
Aug 4, 2022
A graphene oxide-based dressing could speed up healing after skin cancer surgery and prevent tumours from reappearing The post Photothermal surgical dressing prevents skin cancer recurrence appeared first on Physics World.
Aug 4, 2022
In a recent study published in PLoS ONE, researchers developed nanocomposite coatings to prevent surface contamination by a human coronavirus (HCoV).
Aug 4, 2022
Scientists from the University of Michigan, USA, have recently developed a gold nanoparticle-based biosensing device for rapid and ultrasensitive detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in point-of-care settings. ...
Aug 4, 2022
New artificial versions of the neurons and synapses in the human brain are up to 1,000 times smaller than neurons and at least 10,000 times faster than biological synapses, a study now finds. These new devices may help improve the speed at which t...
Aug 3, 2022
