Jan 08, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Perovskite semiconductors promise highly efficient and low-cost solar cells. However, the semi-organic material is very sensitive to temperature differences, which can quickly lead to fatigue damage in normal outdoor use. Adding a dipolar polymer compound to the precursor perovskite solution helps to counteract this. This...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Danish quantum physicists make nanoscopic advance of colossal significance
Home > Press > Danish quantum physicists make nanoscopic advance of colossal significance Illustration of two a chip comprising two entangled quantum light sources CREDIT Peter Lodahl Abstract:In a new breakthrough, researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with Ruhr University Bochum, have solved a problem that has...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: This new fabric coating could drastically reduce microplastic pollution from washing clothes: University of Toronto Engineering researchers are working on a fabric finish to prevent microplastic fibres from shedding during laundry cycles
Home > Press > This new fabric coating could drastically reduce microplastic pollution from washing clothes: University of Toronto Engineering researchers are working on a fabric finish to prevent microplastic fibres from shedding during laundry cycles Images of uncoated (top left, right) and coated (bottom left, right) nylon-6,6 fabrics after...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: UC Irvine researchers decipher atomic-scale imperfections in lithium-ion batteries: Team used super high-resolution microscopy enhanced by deep machine learning
Home > Press > UC Irvine researchers decipher atomic-scale imperfections in lithium-ion batteries: Team used super high-resolution microscopy enhanced by deep machine learning This project, which relied heavily on some of the worlds most powerful microscopy technologies and advanced data science approaches, clears the way for the optimization of high-nickel-content...
AI technology generates original proteins from scratch
Jan 27, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Scientists have created an artificial intelligence (AI) system capable of generating artificial enzymes from scratch. In laboratory tests, some of these enzymes worked as well as those found in nature, even when their artificially generated amino acid sequences diverged significantly from any known natural protein....
Plant-based insulation materials as CO2 sinks?
Jan 27, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Empa researchers want to develop a novel type of insulating material from plant-based raw materials or waste products that can permanently bind the CO2 it contains by means of a special heat treatment – and thus act as a CO2 sink. What's more, once the...
Team aims to find ‘Earth 2.0’
Jan 27, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Are there other Earth-like planets? Is there extraterrestrial life? In the quest to find planets that orbit stars other than the sun, “Earth 2.0” is the Holy Grail. Earth 2.0 is a planet similar enough to Earth to enable the existence of life as we...
Physicists solve mystery of two-dimensional quasicrystal formation from metal oxides
Jan 26, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The structure of two-dimensional titanium oxide brakes-up at high temperatures by adding barium; instead of regular hexagons, rings of four, seven and ten atoms are created that order aperiodically. A team at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) made this discovery in colaboration with researchers from...
Targeting cancer with a multidrug nanoparticle
Jan 26, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Treating cancer with combinations of drugs can be more effective than using a single drug. However, figuring out the optimal combination of drugs, and making sure that all of the drugs reach the right place, can be challenging. To help address those challenges, MIT chemists...
An open-source stopwatch to time activities between molecules inside living cells
Jan 26, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A stopwatch to investigate what happens inside living cells at a thousandth of a millisecond scale: this is the open-source platform BrightEyes-TTM developed by the research team led by Giuseppe Vicidomini at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology). BrightEyes-TTM is the first instrumentation...