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Smart flooring generates power and enhances safety with a flexible washable nanogenerator

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new sandwich-style triboelectric nanogenerator improves smart flooring by harvesting motion-based energy, even in wet conditions, using Ecoflex composites.

Jun 27, 2025

Levidian and Gas Malaysia sign MoU to advance graphene production in Southeast Asia

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Levidian has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gas Malaysia Berhad (Gas Malaysia), a member of MMC Group, to explore the deployment of its patented LOOP technology in Malaysia and the wider Southeast Asian region.

Jun 27, 2025

Researchers combine graphene and PEDOT:PSS to create skin-like self-healing electronic material

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have developed a new electronic material that behaves very similarly to human skin and could be used in soft robotics, medicine, and health care.

Jun 27, 2025

Elemental Advanced Materials closes $20 million funding round to scale production of carbon nanomaterials

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Elemental Advanced Materials, producer of low-emission carbon nanomaterials and hydrogen production, has announced the closing of a $20 million funding round led by Taranis, a climate technology investment firm.

Jun 26, 2025

AI and nanomedicine team up to find rare biomarkers for prostrate cancer and atherosclerosis

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Imagine a stadium packed with 75,000 fans, all wearing green and white jerseys—except one person in a solid green shirt. Finding that person would be tough. That's how hard it is for scientists to find disease markers—called biomarkers—in the...

Jun 24, 2025

Exosome therapy offers a promising new approach to sensorineural hearing loss

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is the most prevalent form of permanent hearing loss, affecting over 6% of the global population, according to the World Health Organization. It results from damage to sensory hair cells in the inner ear or to the...

Jun 24, 2025

Direct measurement reveals charge distribution at nanoscale ferroelectric interfaces

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs), which utilize ferroelectric ceramics, are widely used as electronic components in various devices such as smartphones, personal computers, televisions, and automotive systems.

Jun 24, 2025

Surprising versatility of boron nitride nanotubes displayed in fusion of art and science

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In an elegant fusion of art and science, researchers at Rice University have achieved a major milestone in nanomaterials engineering by uncovering how boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs)—touted for their strength, thermal stability and insulating prop...

Jun 24, 2025

Impact-resistant material mimics mantis shrimp exoskeleton for improved protection

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Some of the most innovative and useful inventions have been inspired by nature. Take the Shinkansen bullet train in Japan, whose aerodynamic design is modeled after the kingfisher bird. Or Velcro, which a Swiss engineer invented after observing th...

Jun 24, 2025

Metal-organic frameworks with metallic conductivity pave new paths for electronics and energy storage

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are characterized by high porosity and structural versatility. They have enormous potential, for example, for applications in electronics. However, their low electrical conductivity has so far greatly restricted the...

Jun 24, 2025

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