Oct 25, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists are scaling up the production of vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) that could revolutionize diverse commercial products ranging from rechargeable batteries, automotive parts and sporting goods to boat hulls and water filters. The research appears in the journal...
Cubic boron arsenide – the next wonder semiconductor
Oct 25, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In a study that confirms its promise as the next-generation semiconductor material, UC Santa Barbara researchers have directly visualized the photocarrier transport properties of cubic boron arsenide single crystals. “We were able to visualize how the charge moves in our sample,” said Bolin Liao, an...
Researchers create an algorithm that maximizes IoT sensor inference accuracy using edge computing
Oct 25, 2022 (Nanowerk News) We are in a fascinating era where even low-resource devices, such as Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, can use deep learning algorithms to tackle complex problems such as image classification or natural language processing (the branch of artificial intelligence that deals with giving computers the...
Researchers create first quasiparticle Bose-Einstein condensate
Oct 25, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Scientists have created a Bose-Einstein condensate out of excitons — quasiparticles that combine electrons and positively charged “holes” — in a semiconductor. Quasiparticle Bose-Einstein condensates have for six decades been something of a holy grail of low-temperature physics. Physicists have created the first Bose-Einstein condensate...
Elephant trunk-mimetic robot hand is capable of gripping even fine needles
Oct 25, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A gripper robot has been developed that can grasp all types of objects, from very fine or thin objects such as acupuncture needles and sewing needles to large objects such as boxes. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) announced that it has developed...
These cellulose nanofibers might be an alternative to petroleum-based plastics
Oct 25, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Single-use plastics have saved many lives by improving sanitation in healthcare. However, the sheer quantity of plastic waste – which can take from tens to hundreds of years to decompose – is a global pollution scourge. But now, in a study recently published in ACS...
Energetic winds blow from the Triangulum Galaxy
Oct 25, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Galaxies are systems of stars and interstellar gas in interaction. Observations show that galax-ies today are forming fewer stars than they did in the past. As cold gas is needed to form stars, models link the deceleration of star formation and the observed evolution of...
New compact and dexterous robotic finger that can withstand physical impacts
Oct 24, 2022 (Nanowerk News) For decades researchers have worked to design robotic hands that mimic the dexterity of human hands in the ways they grasp and manipulate objects. However, these earlier robotic hands have not been able to withstand the physical impacts that can occur in unstructured environments. A...
Creating carbon nanostructures using small organic molecules
Oct 24, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Nanostructures made out of carbons are a useful and versatile tool that can be used across industries, including water and wastewater, gas and oil, and energy storage. In order to create these nanostructures, synthetic and natural polymers have traditionally been used as a starting point...
Researchers develop user-friendly software system to optimize biological systems
Jul 09, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Though engineering of biological systems is truly indispensable in biotechnology and synthetic biology, today machine learning has become useful in all fields of biology. However, it is obvious that application and improvement of algorithms, computational procedures made of lists of instructions, is not easily accessible....