Nov 24, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Most human diseases can be traced to malfunctioning parts of a cell — a tumor is able to grow because a gene wasn’t accurately translated into a particular protein or a metabolic disease arises because mitochondria aren’t firing properly, for example. But to understand what...
Researchers create one of the world’s most precise microchip sensors
Nov 24, 2021 (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers from TU Delft managed to design one of the world’s most precise microchip sensors; the device can function at room temperature – a ‘holy grail’ for quantum technologies and sensing. Combining nanotechnology and machine learning inspired by nature’s spiderwebs, they were...
New ultrahard diamond glass synthesized from collapsed fullerene
Nov 24, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Carnegie’s Yingwei Fei and Lin Wang were part of an international research team that synthesized a new ultrahard form of carbon glass with a wealth of potential practical applications for devices and electronics. It is the hardest known glass with the highest thermal conductivity among...
New microscopy technique for quantum simulation
Nov 24, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the Institute of Laser Physics at Universität Hamburg have developed a new technique for quantum gas microscopy that now allows imaging of three-dimensional quantum systems. In the journal Nature ("Quantum gas magnifier for sub-lattice-resolved imaging of 3D quantum systems"), they report on the...
Heat flow controls the movement of skyrmions in an insulating magnet
Nov 24, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Tiny amounts of heat can be used to control the movement of magnetic whirlpools called skyrmions, RIKEN physicists have shown (Nature Communications, "Real-space observations of 60-nm skyrmion dynamics in an insulating magnet under low heat flow"). This ability could help to develop energy-efficient forms of...
A seemingly unattainable energy transition
Nov 24, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from Basel and Bochum have succeeded in addressing an apparently unattainable energy transition in an artificial atom using laser light. Making use of the so-called radiative Auger process, they were the first team to specifically excite it. In this process, an electron falls from...
Living walls can reduce heat lost from buildings by over 30%
Nov 24, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Retrofitting an existing masonry cavity walled building with a green or living wall can reduce the amount of heat lost through its structure by more than 30%, according to new research. The study, conducted at the University of Plymouth, centred around the Sustainability Hub –...
Ultra-thin computer grows into bone to monitor health data
Nov 24, 2021 (Nanowerk News) A team of University of Arizona researchers has developed an ultra-thin wireless device that grows to the surface of bone and could someday help physicians monitor bone health and healing over long periods. The devices, called osseosurface electronics, are described in a paper published in...