The monumental global task to restore degraded ecosystems will need to include sophisticated technologies such as environmental DNA monitoring to understand and support the recovery of complex biospheres. Genomics provides some important 'weapons' in the fight to repair ecosystems - from authenticating seed sources to improving the detection of invasive...
Flawed AI makes robots racist, sexist
Jun 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A robot operating with a popular internet-based artificial intelligence system consistently gravitates to men over women, white people over people of color, and jumps to conclusions about peoples' jobs after a glance at their face. The work, led by Johns Hopkins University, the Georgia Institute...
New study explores climate damage caused by growing space tourism
Jun 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Published in the journal Earth’s Future ("Impact of Rocket Launch and Space Debris Air Pollutant Emissions on Stratospheric Ozone and Global Climate"), researchers from UCL, the University of Cambridge and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) used a 3D model to explore the impact of rocket...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: University of Houston research allows for 3D printing of ‘organic electronics’ Micro-scale organic electronics for use in bioelectronics via multiphoton 3D printers
Home > Press > University of Houston research allows for 3D printing of 'organic electronics' Micro-scale organic electronics for use in bioelectronics via multiphoton 3D printers Mohammad Reza Abidian, associate professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, has introduced a new photosensitive resin doped...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Flexing the power of a conductive polymer: A new material holds promise for the next generation of organic electronics
Home > Press > Flexing the power of a conductive polymer: A new material holds promise for the next generation of organic electronics Concept illustration depicts highly mobile electrons moving across the polymer CREDIT Photo Credit: Brian Long Abstract:For decades, field-effect transistors enabled by silicon-based semiconductors have powered the electronics...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: From outside to inside: A rapid and precise total assessment method for cells: Researchers at Nara Institute of Science and Technology show that using four frequencies of applied voltage can improve the measurement of cell size and shape during impedance cytometry, enabling to en
Home > Press > From outside to inside: A rapid and precise total assessment method for cells: Researchers at Nara Institute of Science and Technology show that using four frequencies of applied voltage can improve the measurement of cell size and shape during impedance cytometry, enabling to en Precise total...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Quantum network nodes with warm atoms
Home > Press > Quantum network nodes with warm atoms A particle of light from the single photon source (below) is stored in the vapor cell (above). A simultaneously emitted second photon is revealed by a detector (right), which triggers the control laser pulse and thereby initiates the storage process. ...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Boron nitride nanotube fibers get real: Rice lab creates first heat-tolerant, stable fibers from wet-spinning process
Home > Press > Boron nitride nanotube fibers get real: Rice lab creates first heat-tolerant, stable fibers from wet-spinning process A tangle of unprocessed boron nitride nanotubes seen through a scanning electron microscope. Rice University scientists introduced a method to combine them into fibers using the custom wet-spinning process they...
Salt and a battery – smashing the limits of power storage
Jun 25, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Batteries are a crucial part of our green energy future but also an imperfect one. In future, a large portion of our energy will come from renewable sources such as solar and wind. But there are times when the wind does not blow and the...
Study provides insights into blockchain vulnerabilities
Jun 25, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Distributed ledger technology, such as blockchains, has become more prevalent across a variety of contexts over the past decade. The premise is that blockchains operate securely without any centralized control and that they are immutable or unsusceptible to change. Given its mission to create and...