Home > Press > 3D-printed decoder, AI-enabled image compression could enable higher-res displays The system uses an algorithm that encodes a high-resolution image to a lower-resolution one, and then translates the compressed image back to its original resolution by a decoder that unscrambles incoming light. CREDIT Ozcan Lab/UCLA Abstract:FINDINGSA...
2D material may enable ultra-sharp cellphone photos in low light
Dec 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A new type of active pixel sensors that use a novel two-dimensional material may both enable ultra-sharp cellphone photos and create a new class of extremely energy-efficient Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, according to a team of Penn State researchers. “When people are looking for...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: SLAC/Stanford researchers discover how a nano-chamber in the cell directs protein folding: The results challenge a 70-year-old theory of how proteins fold in our cells and have profound implications for treating diseases linked to protein misfolding
Home > Press > SLAC/Stanford researchers discover how a nano-chamber in the cell directs protein folding: The results challenge a 70-year-old theory of how proteins fold in our cells and have profound implications for treating diseases linked to protein misfolding An illustration depicts a study by SLAC and Stanford, including...
Growing a tiny metallic snowflake
Dec 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Scientists in New Zealand and Australia working at the level of atoms created something unexpected: tiny metallic snowflakes. Why’s that significant? Because coaxing individual atoms to cooperate is leading to a revolution in engineering and technology via nanomaterials. (And creating snowflakes is cool.) Nanoscale structures...
Clocks to detect dark matter
Dec 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) As the precision and portability of atomic clocks continue to improve, researchers want to put these precision timepieces to work in the quest to find dark matter. Scientists have been trying for decades to understand “dark matter,” the unknown essence that represents an estimated 85%...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Computational system streamlines the design of fluidic devices: This computational tool can generate an optimal design for a complex fluidic device such as a combustion engine or a hydraulic pump
Home > Press > Computational system streamlines the design of fluidic devices: This computational tool can generate an optimal design for a complex fluidic device such as a combustion engine or a hydraulic pump Researchers created a computational optimization pipeline that can automatically generate smooth designs for complex fluidic devices....
Curved spacetime in the lab
Dec 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) According to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, space and time are inextricably connected. In our Universe, whose curvature is barely measurable, the structure of this spacetime is fixed. In a laboratory experiment, researchers from Heidelberg University have succeeded in realising an effective spacetime that can be...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Experimental nanosheet material marks a step toward the next generation of low-power, high-performance electronics
Home > Press > Experimental nanosheet material marks a step toward the next generation of low-power, high-performance electronics Abstract:A team of researchers in China have developed a high-conductivity material that could greatly reduce contact resistance and Schottky barrier height within critical parts of electronic and optoelectronic microchips, paving the way...
Team undertakes study of two-dimensional transition metal chalcogenides
Dec 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Two-dimensional materials, like transition metal dichalcogenide, have applications in public health because of their large surface area and high surface sensitivities, along with their unique electrical, optical, and electrochemical properties. A research team has undertaken a review study of methods used to modulate the properties...
New optical computing approach offers ultrafast processing
Dec 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Logic gates are the fundamental components of computer processors. Conventional logic gates are electronic – they work by shuffling around electrons – but scientists have been developing light-based optical logic gates to meet the data processing and transfer demands of next-generation computing. New optical chirality...