Aug 27, 2022 (Nanowerk News) As any driver knows, accidents can happen in the blink of an eye — so when it comes to the camera system in autonomous vehicles, processing time is critical. The time that it takes for the system to snap an image and deliver the data...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Bound by light: Glass nanoparticles show unexpected coupling when levitated with laser light
Home > Press > Bound by light: Glass nanoparticles show unexpected coupling when levitated with laser light Artistic illustration of two nanoparticles interacting through non-reciprocal light-induced forces CREDIT Equinox Graphics Ltd., University of Vienna Abstract:A team of researchers at the University of Vienna, the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the...
New quantum technology combines free electrons and photons
Aug 27, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Scientists from EPFL, the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences and the University of Göttingen have successfully created electron-photon pairs for the first time in a controlled way, using integrated photonic circuits on a chip. Using a new technique, they could precisely detect the involved...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: High-speed random number generation using self-chaotic microcavity lasers
Home > Press > High-speed random number generation using self-chaotic microcavity lasers Bifurcation of the extrema for the temporal output waveform versus dual-mode frequency interval (upper right) and ptical spectra of chaos, period-two, and period-one states at mode frequency interval Δf =10.6, 13, and 15 GHz, respectively (lower right). CREDIT ...
Welcome to the self-assembled jungle
Aug 27, 2022 (Nanowerk News) When plastic materials are processed or recycled, their fundamental properties can degrade due to damage caused by deformation. Recycling processes tend to break molecular bonds inside the materials, making them weaker and less durable. One way that plastics can be made more sustainable is by...
Scientists grow ‘synthetic’ embryo with brain and beating heart from stem cells
Aug 27, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the University of Cambridge have created model embryos from mouse stem cells that form a brain, a beating heart, and the foundations of all the other organs of the body – a new avenue for recreating the first stages of life. The team,...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Master equation to boost quantum technologies: FQXi-funded analysis will help physicists exert exquisitely precise real-time feedback control over quantum systems
Home > Press > Master equation to boost quantum technologies: FQXi-funded analysis will help physicists exert exquisitely precise real-time feedback control over quantum systems Björn Annby-Andersson CREDIT Image credit: Björn Annby-Andersson Abstract:As the size of modern technology shrinks down to the nanoscale, weird quantum effectssuch as quantum tunneling, superposition, and...
Economical PEF production
Aug 27, 2022 (Nanowerk News) One possible replacement for drink containers made from PET is polyethylene furandicarboxylate (PEF), made from renewable resources. However, the production of the raw material for PEF from biomass is still rather inefficient. A new titanium-based photocatalyst could be about to change this, making it more...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Dielectric metalens speed up the development of miniaturized imaging systems
Home > Press > Dielectric metalens speed up the development of miniaturized imaging systems CREDIT by Meiyan Pan, Yifei Fu, Mengjie Zheng, Hao Chen, Yujia Zang, Huigao Duan, Qiang Li, Min Qiu, and Yueqiang Hu Abstract:Optical lenses have been playing a critical role in imaging systems for plentiful applications such...
To remove CO2 from the atmosphere, imagine the possibilities
Aug 27, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In an effort to reduce the risks from climate change, NIST scientists have set out to discover new materials that can draw planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the atmosphere, a technique called “direct air capture.” Direct air capture materials already exist, but they either...