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Standalone sensor system uses human movement to monitor health and environment

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

For mere dollars, a Penn State-led international collaboration has fabricated a self-powered, standalone sensor system capable of monitoring gas molecules in the environment or in human breath. The system combines nanogenerators with micro-superca...

Apr 13, 2023

Nanogenerator-powered, standalone sensor system uses human movement to monitor health and environment

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The system combines nanogenerators with micro-supercapacitors to harvest and story energy generated by human movement.

Apr 13, 2023

Natural treatment could make you almost invisible to mosquito bites

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Mosquitoes are responsible for around 350 million human illnesses every year, with the number sure to increase as climate change bolsters the disease-carrying insect's numbers. A recent study even showed how another human impact, light pollut...

Apr 13, 2023

Researchers Detect Stable Photons Generated from Diamond

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers led by professor Tim Schröder at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin have generated and detected photons with stable frequencies emitted from from nitrogen-vacancy (NV) defect centers in diamond nanostructures. The achievement holds implica...

Apr 13, 2023

Migrating ions through the perovskite layer in two dimensions

NanoDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Electrostatic doping has been widely used in low-dimensional materials, including carbon nanotube (CNT) and two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). Unlike conventional lattice doping with impuri...

Apr 13, 2023

Graphene Innovations Manchester signs $1 billion deal to tackle global sustainability challenges

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

A spin-out company from the graphene innovation ecosystem at The University of Manchester has formed an international partnership that will spearhead an unprecedented scale-up of graphene-based technologies intended “to make a substantial impact o...

Apr 13, 2023

Oxygen nanocarriers to help phototherapy combat tumors

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists create drug nanocarriers to deliver oxygen to the tumor in order to enhance the efficiency of phototherapy by increasing oxygen availability for therapy in solid cancers.

Apr 13, 2023

Physicists Discover Giant Magnetoresistance in Graphene | Sci.News

Sci-News   -   Scientific News Websites

Record-high magnetoresistance appears in graphene under ambient conditions, according to new research led by the University of Manchester.

Apr 12, 2023

Graphene shows record-breaking magnetic properties at room temperature

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Graphene can change its electrical resistance in response to a magnetic field quicker than other materials, such as graphite or bismuth, which could one day change how we store data

Apr 12, 2023

Graphene shows record-breaking magnetic properties at room temperature

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Graphene can change its electrical resistance in response to a magnetic field quicker than other materials, such as graphite or bismuth, which could one day change how we store data

Apr 12, 2023

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