May 04, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Scientists from the Graduate School of Engineering Science at Osaka University have shown how silicon nanoparticles can become trapped inside the vortices that form inside superfluid helium (Science Advances, "Visualization of quantized vortex reconnection enabled by laser ablation"). This work opens up new possibilities in...
New qubit breakthrough could transform quantum computing
May 04, 2022 (Nanowerk News) You are no doubt viewing this article on a digital device whose basic unit of information is the bit, either 0 or 1. Scientists worldwide are racing to develop a new kind of computer based on the use of quantum bits, or qubits, which can...
Soft assistive robotic wearables get a boost from rapid design tool (w/video)
May 04, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Soft, pneumatic actuators might not be a phrase that comes up in daily conversations, but more likely than not you might have benefited from their utility. The devices use compressed air to power motion, and with sensing capabilities, they've proven to be a critical backbone...
New machine learning maps the potentials of proteins
May 04, 2022 (Nanowerk News) The biotech industry is constantly searching for the perfect mutation, where properties from different proteins are synthetically combined to achieve a desired effect. It may be necessary to develop new medicaments or enzymes that prolong the shelf-life of yogurt, break down plastics in the wild,...
Bottom-up assembly of synthetic cells with DNA nanotechnology
May 04, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In much the same way that each of our bodies depends on bones for mechanical integrity and strength, each cell within our bodies is mechanically supported by a skeleton of composite materials including protein polymers (such as actin filaments) and motor proteins (myosin), called the...
Direct printing of nanodiamonds at the quantum level
May 04, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Diamond is more than just a pretty gem, and furthermore, the imperfections in it are more attractive to physicists. Diamond nanocrystals, namely nanodiamonds, hosting point defects such as nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers, have been emerging as one of the most promising quantum materials. A central requirement...
Robot chef learns to ‘taste as you go’ (w/video)
May 04, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A robot ‘chef’ has been trained to taste food at different stages of the chewing process to assess whether it’s sufficiently seasoned. Working in collaboration with domestic appliances manufacturer Beko, researchers from the University of Cambridge trained their robot chef to assess the saltiness of...