Oct 12, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Oxygen is vital for life, and clinicians can provide supplemental oxygen to patients through face masks and nasal tubes, but there are no methods available for delivering oxygen directly into cells. This capability would be useful initially as a research tool but could eventually have...
Baffling ‘spiderweb’ star is a nesting binary
Oct 12, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A bizarre image of the distant star known as WR140 surrounded by concentric geometric ripples, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in July, has baffled astronomers worldwide – even triggering frenzied internet speculation that it might be evidence of an alien megastructure light-years...
Seeing electron movement at fastest speed ever could help unlock next-level quantum computing
Oct 12, 2022 (Nanowerk News) The key to maximizing traditional or quantum computing speeds lies in our ability to understand how electrons behave in solids, and a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Regensburg captured electron movement in attoseconds—the fastest speed yet. Seeing electrons move in...
Black hole spews out material years after shredding star
Oct 12, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In October 2018, a small star was ripped to shreds when it wandered too close to a black hole in a galaxy located 665 million light years away from Earth. Though it may sound thrilling, the event did not come as a surprise to astronomers...
A new design of nanofiber interlayer supported forward osmosis composite membranes
Oct 12, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Forward osmosis (FO), an emerging membrane-based technology, possesses low energy consumption and low membrane fouling potential, but the lack of high-performance FO membrane hinders the large-scale application of FO. Generally, an ideal high-performance FO membrane should have high water permeability, low salt permeability, low structural...
Physicists use ‘electron correlations’ to control topological materials
Oct 12, 2022 (Nanowerk News) For the first time, U.S. and European physicists have found a way to switch the topological state of a quantum material on and off. Because they are extremely stable and have immutable features that cannot be erased or lost to quantum decoherence, topological states play...
Blue energy with nanopore osmotic power generators
Oct 12, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Devising renewable sources of energy is a key concern for scientists, political leaders and communities as the world comes to terms with the realities of climate change and the limits of the earth’s natural resources. In an exciting new development, scientists from the Institute of...
Graphene boosts flexible and wearable electronics (w/video)
Oct 12, 2022 (Nanowerk News) At 200 times stronger than steel, graphene has been hailed as a super material of the future since its discovery in 2004. The ultrathin carbon material is an incredibly strong electrical and thermal conductor, making it a perfect ingredient to enhance semiconductor chips found in...