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MXene sensors with silver nanoparticles achieve reliable wide range pressure detection for smart applications

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Printed nanomaterial sensors provide fast, accurate, and durable pressure detection for wearable, medical, and smart devices in demanding environments.

Aug 12, 2025

Finding clarity in noisy data with a new way to recover nanoscale signals

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Combining modeling and machine learning to recover accurate nanoscale signals from noisy piezoresponse force microscopy data.

Aug 12, 2025

New nanocatalyst pushes hydrogen production closer to affordable clean energy

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A nickel-cobalt phosphide and silver nanowire nanocatalyst boosts hydrogen output in acidic conditions, paving the way for more durable and cost-effective clean energy.

Aug 12, 2025

Graphene–silver–silicon carbide platform achieves record phononic quantum interference for molecular sensing

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers at the University of California, University of North Texas, Pennsylvania State University, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Rice University have demonstrated a strong form of interference between phonons - the vibrati...

Aug 12, 2025

New approach enables accessible, rapid and qualitative characterization of graphene materials

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers at King’s College London have developed a new approach to characterize graphene-based materials (GBMs), including graphene oxide and graphene, based on surface interactions with a series of probe molecules.

Aug 12, 2025

'Interactional fingerprints' offer faster, cheaper quality control for graphene oxide

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists have created a new way to characterize graphene oxide (GO) more cheaply and quicker than ever before, helping get the emerging technology out of the lab and into the market.

Aug 11, 2025

Super-resolution microscopy reveals nanoscale architecture of antibody-receptor interactions

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new study shows how the single-molecule organization of receptors in a cellular context determines the function of antibodies, opening up new pathways for the development of cancer immunotherapies.

Aug 11, 2025

Lab-made sugar-coated particle reduces COVID-19 infection rates by 98.6% in human cell tests

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Research led by a Swansea University academic has revealed a synthetic glycosystem—a sugar-coated polymer nanoparticle—that can block COVID-19 from infecting human cells, reducing infection rates by nearly 99%.

Aug 11, 2025

Two solutions unlock safer RNA therapies for inflammatory diseases

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are tiny fat bubbles that are used to deliver medicines, genes, and RNA into cells. However, in some cases LNPs can cause harmful inflammation as a result of the process of RNA delivery.

Aug 11, 2025

Wave-like domain walls drive polarization switching in sliding ferroelectrics, study finds

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Sliding ferroelectrics are a type of two-dimensional (2D) material realized by stacking nonpolar monolayers (atom-thick layers that lack an electric dipole). When these individual layers are stacked, they produce ferroelectric materials with an in...

Aug 11, 2025

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