Jun 09, 2023 (Nanowerk News) When we communicate with others over wireless networks, information is sent to data centers where it is collected, stored, processed, and distributed. As computational energy usage continues to grow, it is on pace to potentially become the leading source of energy consumption in this century....
3D bio-printing inside hydrogels
Jun 09, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Scientists from across UCL, Great Ormond Street Hospital and the University of Padova have shown how 3D printing can be achieved inside ‘mini-organs’ growing in hydrogels, which could help better understand how cancer spreads through different tissues. Representative 3D reconstruction of three independent replicates of...
New method takes the uncertainty out of oxide semiconductor layering
Jun 09, 2023 (Nanowerk News) 3D integrated circuits are a key part of improving the efficiency of electronics to meet the considerable demands of consumers. They are constantly being developed, but translating theoretical findings into actual devices is not easy. Now, a new design by a research team from Japan...
Researchers discover materials exhibiting huge magnetoresistance
Jun 09, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A group of researchers from Tohoku University has unveiled a new material that exhibits enormous magnetoresistance, paving the way for developments in non-volatile magnetoresistive memory (MRAM). Details of their unique discovery were published in the Journal of Alloys and Compounds ("Large tunnel magnetoresistance in magnetic...
Amplified Electrochemical energy storage via carbon nanotube confinement on polyoxometalates
Jun 09, 2023 (Nanowerk News) As outstanding electrochemical energy storage materials, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) owe their reputation to their superior electrical conductivity, expansive theoretical surface area, and exceptional chemical stability. However, this prestige is shadowed by a significant drawback. Due to the influence of robust van der Waals forces, CNTs...