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Dry EEG Sensors Control Army Robots

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Brain-machine interface (BMI) technology, for all its decades of development, still awaits widespread use. Reasons include hardware and software that’s not yet up to the task in noninvasive approaches that use electroencephalogram (EEG) sensors p...

Apr 5, 2023

Team develops anticancer nanoparticles with ultrasound activation

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Chemotherapy treatments produce strong side effects. A new agent that accumulates in the tumor tissue and is activated there by ultrasound waves does not have this problem.

Apr 5, 2023

Looking at magnets in the right light

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Unlocking the secrets of magnetic materials requires the right illumination. Magnetic x-ray circular dichroism makes it possible to decode magnetic order in nanostructures and to assign it to different layers or chemical elements. Researchers have...

Apr 5, 2023

International research team develops method to characterize nanomaterials

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from Paderborn University, the Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM),Italy's national metrology institute, the Politecnico di Torino, Italy, and the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), National Metrology Insti...

Apr 5, 2023

Combining irradiation and lithography to engineer advanced conducting materials

Tech Xplore   -   Scientific News Websites

A large collaboration of researchers led by the University of Wollongong has used nuclear techniques at ANSTO and other methods to develop a process to engineer nanoscale arrays of conducting channels for advanced scalable electronic circuitry.

Apr 5, 2023

Microbial nanowires create 'electronic nose' for health monitoring – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Sensing device could be used to detect a variety of chemical tracers, including those produced by patients with conditions such as asthma and kidney disease The post Microbial nanowires create ‘electronic nose’ for health monitoring appeared first...

Apr 5, 2023

Looking at nanomagnets in the right light

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have successfully conducted X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism experiments, demonstrating that laser-based x-ray sources are increasingly competitive with large-scale facilities and offering new possibilities for observing rapid magneti...

Apr 5, 2023

Nanoparticle with mRNA appears to prevent, treat peanut allergies in mice

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Peanuts are one of the most common food allergens for children. Scientists have developed a nanoparticle that delivers mRNA to liver cells in order to teach the immune system to tolerate peanut protein and alleviate allergies.

Apr 5, 2023

Hot probe tip contributes to making 'transformer' semiconductor particles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a nanoscale spectroscopy that dynamically controls the quasiparticles of heterostructure-based 2D semiconductors.

Apr 5, 2023

Novel Qubits Exhibit Better Defects for Quantum Computing, Telecom

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

To make a solid-state qubit, a defect must be inserted into the solid material to control the spin states of the electrons. These quantum defects have the potential to enable integration of quantum information systems with conventional electronic ...

Apr 5, 2023

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