a black hole spins on its side

Feb 25, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the University of Turku, Finland, found that the axis of rotation of a black hole in a binary system is tilted more than 40 degrees relative to the axis of stellar orbit. The finding challenges current theoretical models of black hole formation. The...

Chemically programmed nanotranslators facilitate communication between microorganisms from different kingdoms

Feb 25, 2022 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Bacteria use chemical signals to communicate with one another through a process called quorum sensing, which allows a population of single-celled microbes to work like a multicellular organism. Originally discovered in the early 1970s in unusual bioluminescent marine bacteria, it is now believed that all...

Using proteins for engineered nanoelectronics

Feb 25, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Proteins are among the most versatile and ubiquitous biomolecules on earth. Nature uses them for everything from building tissues to regulating metabolism to defending the body against disease. Now, a new study shows that proteins have other, largely unexplored capabilities. Under the right conditions, they...

Development of a diamond transistor with high hole mobility

Feb 24, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Using a new fabrication technique, NIMS has developed a diamond field-effect transistor (FET) with high hole mobility, which allows reduced conduction loss and higher operational speed (Nature Electronics, "High-mobility p-channel wide-bandgap transistors based on hydrogen-terminated diamond/hexagonal boron nitride heterostructures"). This new FET also exhibits normally-off...