Month: March 2023

Mar 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The lunar surface's water has garnered significant interest due to its potential for in-situ resource utilization in future lunar explorations and other space missions. A team of researchers, led by Professor HU Sen from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics (IGG) at the Chinese Academy...

Mar 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) An international team of researchers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to measure the temperature of the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b. The measurement is based on the planet’s thermal emission: heat energy given off in the form of infrared light detected by Webb’s Mid-Infrared...

Mar 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The ancient art of origami is well known for transforming sheets of paper and other foldable materials into complex 3D shapes. But now, chemical engineers have extended the centuries-old practice to produce intricate shapes made of glass or other hard materials. Their thoroughly modern method,...

Mar 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Australian astronomers have provided vital information in the global effort to understand the brightest-ever detected gamma ray burst, which swept through our Solar System on 9 October last year. Detailed findings of that explosion from another galaxy 1.9 billion light years away were published in...

Mar 28, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Flexible electronics, an area of significant attention in academia and industry, is poised to revolutionize various sectors, such as lighting technology, power integration displays, and health monitoring systems. Flexible electronics offer unique benefits, including cost-effectiveness, low-temperature processability, mechanical softness, and shape adaptability. A recent review...

Mar 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Energy production in nature is the responsibility of chloroplasts and mitochondria and is crucial for fabricating sustainable, synthetic cells in the lab. Mitochondria are not only “the powerhouses of the cell,” as the middle school biology adage goes, but also one of the most complex...

Mar 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (or Spectroscopy), known as SERS, is an advanced analysis method that extends the range of Raman applications to trace analysis such as part per million level detection of a pollutant in water or different liquids. SERS has a high potential to be...

Mar 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The precise measurement of biomolecules can play a critical role in improving our understanding of fundamental life processes. In a large-scale comparative study involving 19 laboratories around the globe, a team working with LMU scientists Professor Thorben Cordes and Professor Don C. Lamb, alongside Professor...

Mar 27, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Owing to the global trend of utilizing electric vehicles, there has been a surge in demand for next-generation secondary batteries with higher capacity and faster charging than the lithium-ion batteries currently in use. Lithium metal batteries have been recognized as promising rechargeable batteries because the...

'Seven, one, nine, ...': A human voice pronounces digits, a physical material recognizes them with about 97 percent accuracy. This pattern recognition system was developed by physicists and enables multidimensional problems to be solved quickly and without energy-consuming training.