Jun 29, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) A team of researchers from the Materials Science Factory at the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC) has developed a groundbreaking method for high-throughput mechanical exfoliation, enabling low-cost production of van der Waals nanosheets. The technique, presented in their recent publication in Small...
Transferring data with many colors of light simultaneously
Jun 29, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The data centers and high-performance computers that run artificial intelligence programs, such as large language models, aren’t limited by the sheer computational power of their individual nodes. It’s another problem — the amount of data they can transfer among the nodes — that underlies the...
Breakthrough in the search for slowly oscillating gravitational waves
Jun 29, 2023 (Nanowerk News) For the first time, astrophysicists have found compelling evidence for the existence of gravitational waves which oscillate with periods ranging from years to decades. This is shown in five articles which were published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters ("The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Search...
AI-generated nanoparticles prove capable of delivering modern medicines to diseased cells
Jun 29, 2023 (Nanowerk News) New research from Cardiff University, in collaboration with Astra Zeneca, used artificial intelligence to create nanoparticles which can effectively transport medicines to precisely target and treat diseased cells. The team say their work has potential future applications in treating genetic diseases and cancer as well...
Anovel metal-organic framework could help advance semiconductors
Jun 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A team of Clemson University chemists has constructed a novel two-dimensional electrically conductive metal-organic framework (MOF), a breakthrough that could help advance modern electronics and energy technologies. The team’s findings were published in the journal Angewandte Chemie ("Electrically Conductive π-Intercalated Graphitic Metal-Organic Framework Containing Alternate...
Researchers develop first-ever wooden robotic gripper that is driven by moisture, temperature and lighting
Jun 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Most robotic grippers are made using either soft plastics - to pick up objects without damaging them – that melt at high temperatures, or metals which are stiff and costly. A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS), together with their collaborators...
astronomers find a planet that shouldn’t be there
Jun 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) When our Sun reaches the end of its life in five billion years, it will expand 100 times its current size, likely enveloping the Earth in hot plasma, destroying our rocky home. Many planets in other solar systems face a similar doom once their host...
An ingredient in toothpaste may make electric cars go farther
Jun 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) An ingredient in many toothpastes is sodium fluoride, a compound of fluorine. It is added to protect teeth against decay. But compounds containing fluorine have other practical uses that might surprise you. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have discovered...