Jun 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) New technology developed by Rice University engineers could lower the cost of capturing carbon dioxide from all types of emissions, a potential game-changer for both industries looking to adapt to evolving greenhouse gas standards and for the emergent energy-transition economy. According to a study published...
researchers detect the host galaxies of quasars in the early universe
Jun 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) New images from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed, for the first time, starlight from two massive galaxies hosting actively growing black holes – quasars – seen less than a billion years after the Big Bang. A new study in Nature this week finds...
Researchers uncover new CRISPR-like system in animals that can edit the human genome
Jun 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers led by Feng Zhang at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT has uncovered the first programmable RNA-guided system in eukaryotes — organisms that include fungi, plants, and animals. In a study...
Next-generation memory storage with novel block copolymer structures
Jun 28, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Block copolymers – plastics capable of forming a variety of minuscule, structured patterns – are generating significant interest in the scientific community. With potential applications in next-generation computer chips, filters, and optical devices, the potential of these materials seems promising. This promise hinges largely on...
Newborn baby inspires sensor design that simulates human touch
Jun 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) As we move into a world where human-machine interactions are becoming more prominent, pressure sensors that are able to analyze and simulate human touch are likely to grow in demand. One challenge facing engineers is the difficulty in making the kind of cost-effective, highly sensitive...
Towards rapid tissue regeneration with nanosilicate implants
Jun 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A team at DTU Health Tech led by Associate Professor Alireza Dolatshahi-Pirouz have made a leap forward in tissue regeneration by creating a multi-levelled scaffold that encompasses properties of native bone on both the nano, micro and macro scale. In a recent paper in the...
Scientists developed a spherical nano-antenna that forms a near field of circularly polarized light
Jun 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A research team from the Graduate School of Engineering at Kobe University, comprising of Master's student Hiromasa Negoro, Associate Professor Hiroshi Sugimoto, and Professor Minoru Fujii, have successfully innovated a spherical nano-antenna. This antenna can generate a near field of circularly polarized light, a significant...
hBN is quantum’s new best friend
Jun 27, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Diamond has long been the go-to material for quantum sensing due to its coherent nitrogen-vacancy centres, controllable spin, sensitivity to magnetic fields, and ability to be used at room temperature. With such a suitable material so easy to fabricate and scale, there’s been little interest...
A new method to keep thickening agents tiny in transport and big in application
Jun 27, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Many commercial products such as food, cosmetics, and inks contain cellulose nanofiber (CNF) as a thickening agent. However, CNFs have some limitations that prevent their more widespread use. Now, researchers from Osaka University have demonstrated a method of dehydrating CNFs to a dense powder without...
Researchers slow down and scan multiple times individual DNA molecules
Jun 27, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Aleksandra Radenovic, leader of the Nanoscale Biology Laboratory in the Engineering School, has dedicated years to enhancing nanopore technology, wherein a molecule such as DNA is guided through a minuscule aperture in a membrane to assess an ionic flow. Through analyzing the impact of each...