Aug 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) An international team of researchers has designed and built a chip that runs computations directly in memory and can run a wide variety of artificial intelligence (AI) applications–all at a fraction of the energy consumed by computing platforms for general-purpose AI computing. The NeuRRAM neuromorphic...
Floating ‘artificial leaves’ ride the wave of clean fuel production
Aug 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers have developed floating ‘artificial leaves’ that generate clean fuels from sunlight and water, and could eventually operate on a large scale at sea. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, designed ultra-thin, flexible devices, which take their inspiration from photosynthesis – the process by...
Extracting gold from waste with graphene (w/video)
Aug 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Throughout history, alchemists believed in the existence of the philosopher’s stone: a substance that could turn cheap substances into precious gold. Now scientists from The University of Manchester, Tsinghua University in China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have shown that graphene can be a...
Researchers boost sensitivity and speed of Raman microscopy technique
Aug 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers have developed a label-free and non-invasive Raman spectroscopy approach that can acquire microscopic images of biological samples and identify a wide range of biomolecules with unprecedented speed and sensitivity. “Our work could lead to a non-invasive, label-free and user-friendly device for clinical use,” said...
Black hole collisions could help us measure how fast the universe is expanding
Aug 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A black hole is usually where information goes to disappear—but scientists may have found a trick to use its last moments to tell us about the history of the universe. In a new study (Physical Review Letters, "Spectral sirens: Cosmology from the full mass distribution...
Despite fears, 3D printing has positive effects on global trade
Aug 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) 3D printing technology enables economies to produce goods locally, so conventional wisdom has been that it would dramatically reduce international trade; however, new University of California San Diego and World Bank research presents robust evidence that 3D printing expanded trade. The paper coauthored by Caroline...
Uncovering nature’s patterns at the atomic scale in living color
Aug 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Machine learning method for harnessing large volumes of X-ray data will speed materials discovery. Color coding makes aerial maps much more easily understood. Through color, we can tell at a glance where there is a road, forest, desert, city, river or lake. Working with several...