Apr 29, 2023 (Nanowerk News) An international team of astronomers has discovered 25 new sources of repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs), these explosions in the sky that come from far beyond the Milky Way. This discovery brings the total number of confirmed FRB sources to 50. Based on data gathered...
Previously unknown intracellular electricity may power biology
Apr 29, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The human body relies heavily on electrical charges. Lightning-like pulses of energy fly through the brain and nerves and most biological processes depend on electrical ions traveling across the membranes of each cell in our body. These electrical signals are possible, in part, because of...
Improved gene editing method could power the next generation of cell and gene therapies
Apr 29, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A new approach to the genetic engineering of cells promises significant improvements in speed, efficiency, and reduction in cellular toxicity compared to current methods. The approach could also power the development of advanced cell therapies for cancers and other diseases, according to a study from...
Spiraling beams differentiate antiferromagnetic states
Apr 29, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Using spiraling x-ray beams generated at the Advanced Light Source (ALS), researchers differentiated between energetically equivalent (“degenerate”) states in an antiferromagnetic lattice (Physical Review B, "Antiferromagnetic real-space configuration probed by dichroism in scattered x-ray beams with orbital angular momentum"). The work shows the potential of...
More power from waste heat
Apr 29, 2023 (Nanowerk News) When fossil fuels, but also biofuels, are burned, large amounts of the energy are lost as waste heat. Thermoelectric materials could convert this heat into electricity, but they are not yet efficient enough for technical application. A team from the Max Planck Institut für Eisenforschung...
Deep-learning system explores materials’ interiors from the outside
Apr 29, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Maybe you can’t tell a book from its cover, but according to researchers at MIT you may now be able to do the equivalent for materials of all sorts, from an airplane part to a medical implant. Their new approach allows engineers to figure out...