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New wind speed sensor uses minimal power for advanced weather tracking

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Researchers have unveiled a pioneering breeze wake-up anemometer (B-WA), employing a rolling-bearing triboelectric nanogenerator (RB-TENG) that provides a new strategy for low-energy consumption environmental monitoring. The ability of the B-WA to...

May 29, 2024

Solving the problems of proton-conducting perovskites for next-generation fuel cells

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In line with global efforts towards cleaner energy technologies, fuel cells may soon become an indispensable tool for converting chemical energy – stored in the form of hydrogen or other fuels – into electrical energy. Among the various types of f...

May 29, 2024

Plasmonic nanodarts for cancer therapy and antimicrobial treatment

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Developing multifunctional nanomaterials has been a long-standing goal in the field of biomedical research. Over the years, scientists have explored various strategies to engineer nanostructures that can synergistically combine different propertie...

May 29, 2024

Novel carbon nanotube yarns can generate electricity from waste heat

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In line with global efforts towards sustainability, the development of energy harvesting technologies has become a top research priority. Although renewable energy sources like wind and solar power have recently taken the spotlight, waste heat als...

May 28, 2024

New approach uses 'cloaked' proteins to deliver cancer-killing therapeutics into cells

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An interdisciplinary collaboration has designed a way to "cloak" proteins so that they can be captured by lipid nanoparticles, which are akin to tiny bubbles of fat. These bubbles are small enough to sneak their hidden cargo into living ...

May 28, 2024

Producing gold nano-particles (and hydrogen) in water without the need for toxic chemicals

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In a surprise discovery, Flinders University nanotechnology researchers have produced a range of different types of gold nanoparticles by adjusting water flow in the novel vortex fluidic device—without the need for toxic chemicals. The article, &q...

May 28, 2024

Researchers successfully fabricate NiS ultrafine nanorods with separated symmetry along two directions

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Crystal symmetry is a fundamental concept in materials science, playing a crucial role in determining structure-property relationships. Typically, a crystal is a solid composed of structural units that periodically repeat in three-dimensional spac...

May 28, 2024

Biologists find nanoplastics in developing chicken heart

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Nanoplastics can accumulate in developing hearts, according to a study published in Environment International by biologist Meiru Wang from Leiden University. Her research on chicken embryos sheds new light on how these tiny plastic particles pose ...

May 28, 2024

New metasurface-based edge detecting filter for remote sensing transforms crop monitoring

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New work by researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS) and City University of New York (CUNY) published in Nature Communications ("Reconfigurable image processing metasurfaces with phase-chang...

May 28, 2024

Multifunctional three-terminal diode revolutionizes optoelectronic systems

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Researcher at iGaN Lab, University of Science and Technology of China, have developed a multifunctional three-terminal diode that functions both as a light emitter and a detector. This innovative device can operate both as a light emitter and a ph...

May 28, 2024

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