Jun 14, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers have created a small device that ‘sees’ and creates memories in a similar way to humans, in a promising step towards one day having applications that can make rapid, complex decisions such as in self-driving cars. The neuromorphic invention is a single chip enabled...
Advancements in meta-holographic display enable ultraviolet domain holograms
Jun 14, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The term meta means a concept of transcendence or surpassing, and when applied to materials, metamaterials encompass artificially engineered substances that exhibit properties not naturally found in the environment. Metasurfaces, characterized by their thinness and lightness, have garnered considerable interest as a potential component for...
Shining potential of missing atoms
Jun 14, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Single photons have applications in quantum computation, information networks, and sensors, and these can be emitted by defects in the atomically thin insulator hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). Missing nitrogen atoms have been suggested to be the atomic structure responsible for this activity, but it is...
Researchers succeed in arranging nanoscale quantum sensors on desired targets
Jun 14, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The University of Tokyo scientists achieve the delicate task of arranging quantum sensors at a nanoscale, allowing them to detect extremely small variations in magnetic fields. The high-resolution quantum sensors will have potential uses in quantum materials and electronic device research. For example, the sensors...
Four-legged robot traverses tricky terrains thanks to improved 3D vision
Jun 13, 2023 (Nanowerk News) esearchers led by the University of California San Diego have developed a new model that trains four-legged robots to see more clearly in 3D. The advance enabled a robot to autonomously cross challenging terrain with ease—including stairs, rocky ground and gap-filled paths—while clearing obstacles in...
Weighing a quasar’s galaxy with precision
Jun 13, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers from EPFL have found a way to use the phenomenon of strong gravitational lensing to determine with precision – about 3 times more precise than any other technique – the mass of a galaxy containing a quasar, as well as their...
Bioprinting personalized tissues and organs within the body
Jun 13, 2023 (Nanowerk News) In situ bioprinting, which involves 3D printing biocompatible structures and tissues directly within the body, has seen steady progress over the past few years. In a recent study, a team of researchers developed a handheld bioprinter that addresses key limitations of previous designs, i.e., the...
Treadmill for microswimmers allows closer look at behavior
Jun 13, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A team from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis and Massachusetts Institute of Technology has created an acoustic microfluidic method that offers new opportunities to conduct experiments with swimming cells and microorganisms. “The cells that our collaborators study are powerful...
A baking soda solution for clean hydrogen storage
Jun 13, 2023 (Nanowerk News) In a world of continuously warmer temperatures, a growing consensus demands that energy sources have zero, or next-to-zero, carbon emissions. That means growing beyond coal, oil, and natural gas by getting more energy from renewable sources. One of the most promising renewable energy carriers is...
New diagnostic platform uses nanotechnology and machine learning to identify infectious diseases quickly
Jun 12, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Infectious diseases and respiratory infections in particular are a leading cause of global mortality. As such, there is an urgent need for rapid, large-scale diagnostic tools that can detect these diseases early, something which doesn’t currently exist. To address these problems, McGill University Professor of...