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Brick-Breaking Mini Robot Has Muscles Made of Special Hydrogel

Researchers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology have created a miniature robotic muscle substance that breaks through brick walls.

30 Oct 2023

Hollow Nanotubes in Electrodes Boost Potassium-Ion Batteries

Scientists searching for lithium-ion battery substitutes have shifted their focus to potassium-ion batteries.

30 Oct 2023

Will the Nanotube Family's Newest Addition Replace Carbon?

Tokyo Metropolitan University researchers used boron-nitride nanotubes to create a variety of novel single-walled transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) nanotubes with varying compositions, chirality, and diameters.

16 Oct 2023

World Nano Foundation Latest White Paper: "Unleashing the Potential of Nanotechnology for Superior Energy Storage and Solar Conversion Solutions"

The World Nano Foundation, a globally recognized not-for-profit membership organization at the forefront of nanoscale technology advancement, is thrilled to announce the release of their latest white paper, "Unleashing the Potential of Nanotechnology for Superior Energy Storage and Solar Conversion Solutions."

24 Aug 2023

New Approach to Construct Sensors to Detect Bacteria and Viruses

An interdisciplinary research group from Bochum, Duisburg, and Zurich has come up with a new method to build modular optical sensors which have the potential of detecting bacteria and viruses.

24 Jul 2023

Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction Using Pd-Cu Modified Carbon Nanotube Membranes

Due to the discharge of industrial wastewater and the misuse of agricultural fertilizers, the negative consequences of excess nitrate in water on human productivity and lives have drawn more attention.

15 May 2023

“Siglec-14” Receptors on Human Macrophages Detect Carbon Nanotubes and Provoke Inflammation, Finds Study

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are innovative nanomaterials with potential applications across several fields. However, we do not fully know the risk they pose to humans, and studies have shown that multiwalled CNTs trigger an immune response in mice.

7 Apr 2023

Carbon Fiber Paper for Longer-lasting Electric Vehicle Batteries

Owing to the global trend of utilizing electric vehicles, there has been a surge in demand for next-generation secondary batteries with higher capacity and faster charging than the lithium-ion batteries currently in use.

28 Mar 2023

Progress and Constraints in Using Carbon Nanotube Films as Ultrasensitive Photodetectors

Semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (s-SWCNTs) are being utilized to create a third generation of optimized shortwave infrared photodetectors, which will enhance pixel size, weight, power consumption, performance, and cost over previous photodetectors.

20 Mar 2023

Analyzing Carbon Nanotubes in Strong Spatial Confinements

To analyze particles in motion, experimentalists have been following a 100-year-old theory that asserts that the microscopic movement of a particle is identified by random collisions with molecules of the adjoining medium, irrespective of the macroscopic forces that influence that motion.

15 Mar 2023