Mar 06, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Scientists are vigorously competing to transform the counterintuitive discoveries about the quantum realm from a century past into technologies of the future. The building block in these technologies is the quantum bit, or qubit. Several different kinds are under development, including ones that use defects...
MOF catalyst purifies herbicide-tainted water and produces hydrogen
Mar 06, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Science have developed a dual-purpose catalyst that purifies herbicide-tainted water while also producing hydrogen. The project, which included researchers from the OSU College of Engineering and HP Inc. is important because water pollution is a major global...
Oxide interfaces put new twist on electron spins
Mar 06, 2023 (Nanowerk News) In magnetic solids, electrons feel each other as what scientists call an effective magnetic field. This field forces the electrons’ magnetic moments (spins) to align. If the arrangement of atoms is not fully symmetric, an additional magnetic force known as Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction (DMI) can emerge....
Light-induced acceleration of intracellular delivery
Mar 06, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Cell membranes are barriers that maintain cellular homeostasis, and the intracellular delivery of biologically functional molecules, including peptides, proteins, and nucleic acids to manipulate cellular functions. Conventional intracellular uptake processes require high concentrations of biofunctional molecules with low permeability to pass through the cell membrane....
The latest in nanoengineered textiles
Mar 06, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) The outdoor environment has become an indispensable aspect of our daily lives, serving as a venue for a plethora of activities, including recreation, sports, and leisure, as well as work-related endeavors. However, the increasingly frequent extreme weather events caused by climate change have made personal...
What makes a neural network remember?
Mar 06, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Computer models are an important tool for studying how the brain makes and stores memories and other types of complex information. But creating such models is a tricky business. Somehow, a symphony of signals – both biochemical and electrical – and a tangle of connections...