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Bio & Medicine Aug 15, 2023

Treating back-to-school ear infections without antibiotic resistance

"Back-to-school" season means buying pens and paper, figuring out the new bus route, and … earaches. Doctors typically treat these infections with antibiotics, but children don't always complete the full course, accelerating ...

Optics & Photonics Aug 11, 2023

Achieving dynamic imaging of interfacial electrochemistry

A research team led by Prof. Liu Xianwei from the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering of University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) has made progress in the ...

Nanophysics Aug 1, 2023

'Andreev chemistry' on a nanowire: Researchers generate superconducting pair states separated by grown barriers

Researchers at the University of Basel and Lund University have generated superconducting pair states of electrons on several segments of a nanowire, separated by grown barriers. Depending on the height of the barriers, these ...

Cell & Microbiology Jul 7, 2023

Extracellular cytochrome nanowires appear to be ubiquitous in microbes

A Geobacter bacteria isolated from a contaminated ditch in Oklahoma has an unusual appendage—a long extracellular nanowire that can conduct electricity. The electron transport chain in this nanowire carries electrons from ...

Optics & Photonics Jul 5, 2023

Superconducting nanowire camera will explore brain cells, space

Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of a camera so sensitive it can detect a single photon.

Nanomaterials Jul 4, 2023

Functional surface refinement: Targeted control of growth dynamics of finest tin layers

Nanometer-scale coatings with functional materials play an important role in many sensory, electronic and photonic applications. An international team of researchers, coordinated by Leibniz IPHT in Jena, Germany, has succeeded ...

Bio & Medicine Jul 3, 2023

Urine tests identify brain tumors by capturing cancer DNA using nanowires

A group led by researchers at Nagoya University in Japan has developed a technology to capture and release cell-free DNA (cfDNA) on nanowire surfaces from urine. By extracting this DNA, they were able to successfully detect ...

Nanomaterials Jun 28, 2023

Squid-inspired soft material is a switchable shield for light, heat, microwaves

With a flick of a switch, current technologies allow you to quickly change materials from being dark to light, or cold to hot, just by blocking or transmitting specific wavelengths. But now, inspired by squid skin, researchers ...

Nanomaterials Jun 15, 2023

Researchers invent low-temperature synthesis method for high-quality tellurium nanomesh for next-generation electronics

A collaborative team led by researchers from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) recently invented an innovative method for synthesizing high-quality, semiconducting nanomesh at a lower temperature and production cost than ...

Nanophysics Jun 2, 2023

Examining domain walls in magnetic nanowires

Magnetic domains walls are known to be a source of electrical resistance due to the difficulty for transport electron spins to follow their magnetic texture. This phenomenon holds potential for utilization in spintronic devices, ...

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