May 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) “Understanding the origin of type Ia supernovae has been one of the highly debated questions in astrophysics,” explains Dr. Samar Safi-Harb, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Extreme Astrophysics at the University of Manitoba. Safi-Harb is working...
Study shows ultrafast dynamics of electron orbitals in molecules
May 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from Universität Hamburg, European XFEL and DESY have succeeded in looking at details of molecular orbitals at DESY's free-electron laser FLASH. The team reports in the journal Nature Communications ("Ultrafast orbital tomography of a pentacene film using time-resolved momentum microscopy at a FEL") on...
The colors of hydrogen explained
May 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Hydrogen has emerged as the energy technology that could help nations like Australia to decarbonise their economies. But did you know that, beyond green and blue hydrogen, there’s a whole rainbow of hydrogen types? Swinburne University of Technology’s Victorian Hydrogen Hub (VH2) is delving deeper...
Remarkable ‘cosmic telescope’ reveals inner workings of two proto-galaxies
May 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Using a unique new instrument and a little help from nature, Swinburne University of Technology researchers have gotten the first in-depth view of the enormous gas clouds that serve as galactic nurseries. Working internationally with researchers from North Carolina State University and the W.M. Keck...
Reliable diagnostics at the tip of your finger
May 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Biomarkers are components that may be present in biological samples and are related to specific diseases. Therefore, doctors can analyze biological samples from a patient to check their health condition or to monitor the progress of a specific therapy. Typically, these samples need to be...
Energy-efficient AI hardware technology via a brain-inspired stashing system
May 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers have proposed a novel system inspired by the neuromodulation of the brain, referred to as a ‘stashing system,’ that requires less energy consumption. The research group led by Professor Kyung Min Kim from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering has developed a technology...
role of the cross-talk at nano-carbon interfaces
May 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Inspired by Nature, conversion of CO2 into added-value chemicals needs complex synthetic machinery, regulated by confinement of reagents, task-separation, orchestration of rates and functions by making extensive use of specialized bio-interfaces. The expectation for the next generation of electrocatalysts is to rival the natural asset,...
An automated platform for plasma production
May 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Plasmids have extensive use in basic and applied biology. These small, circular DNA molecules are used by scientists to introduce new genes into a target organism. Well known for their applications in the production of therapeutic proteins like insulin, plasmids are broadly used in the...
Making advanced electronics with H2O
May 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Water is the secret ingredient in a simple way to create key components for solar cells, X-ray detectors and other optoelectronics devices. The next generation of photovoltaics, semiconductors and LEDs could be made using perovskites – an exciting and versatile nanomaterial with a crystal structure....