Jul 24, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Water is essential for life as we know it. However, scientists debate how it reached the Earth and whether the same processes could seed rocky exoplanets orbiting distant stars. New insights may come from the planetary system PDS 70, located 370 light-years away. The star...
Broad-spectrum inhibition of inflammasome activation by inorganic nanomaterials
Jul 24, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Excessive activation of inflammasomes is associated with various diseases, including gout, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, and type 2 diabetes. Given the pivotal role of macrophages in both inflammasome activation and nanoparticle phagocytosis, the discovery of anti-inflammatory nanoparticles specifically targeting macrophages could more effectively modulated inflammatory response...
Scientists find key evidence for existence of nanohertz gravitational waves
Jul 24, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A group of Chinese scientists has recently found key evidence for the existence of nanohertz gravitational waves, marking a new era in nanohertz gravitational wave research. The research was based on pulsar timing observations carried out with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST). The research...
Spin defects in hexagonal boron nitride created by helium ion bombardment
Jul 24, 2023 (Nanowerk News) National University of Singapore (NUS) physicists have developed a method using a focused beam of helium ions to create arrays of defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) that can potentially be used for magnetic sensing applications. Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is a two-dimensional (2D) material...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Two types of ultrafast mode-locking operations generation from an Er-doped fiber laser based on germanene nanosheets
Home > Press > Two types of ultrafast mode-locking operations generation from an Er-doped fiber laser based on germanene nanosheets Two types of ultrafast mode-locking operations from an Er-doped fiber laser based on germanene nanosheets CREDIT Baohao Xu, Zhiyuan Jin, Lie Shi, Huanian Zhang, Qi Liu, Peng Qin, Kai...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Discovery may lead to terahertz technology for quantum sensing: Metal oxides properties could enable wide range of terahertz frequency photonics
Home > Press > Discovery may lead to terahertz technology for quantum sensing: Metal oxides properties could enable wide range of terahertz frequency photonics Rui Xu, a Rice University materials science and nanoengineering student, is a lead author on a study that shows strontium titanate has the potential to enable...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: The present and future of computing get a boost from new research
Home > Press > The present and future of computing get a boost from new research Abstract:The world's computing needs have grown exponentially in recent years due to an explosion of technology. To meet the needs for the next technological leap, the scientific community is working to improve current processing...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: New catalyst could dramatically cut methane pollution from millions of engines: Researchers demonstrate a way to remove the potent greenhouse gas from the exhaust of engines that burn natural gas.
Home > Press > New catalyst could dramatically cut methane pollution from millions of engines: Researchers demonstrate a way to remove the potent greenhouse gas from the exhaust of engines that burn natural gas. Today's catalysts for removing unburnt methane from natural gas engine exhaust are either inefficient at low,...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Understanding the diverse industrial applications of materials science: Materials Science A Field of Diverse Industrial Applications
Home > Press > Understanding the diverse industrial applications of materials science: Materials Science A Field of Diverse Industrial ApplicationsAbstract:About Book:Materials Science: A Field of Diverse Industrial Applications provides a comprehensive overview of recent developments in new materials and their applications across various fields. In the book, the author unravels...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Billions of nanoplastics released when microwaving baby food containers: Exposure to plastic particles kills up to 75% of cultured kidney cells
Home > Press > Billions of nanoplastics released when microwaving baby food containers: Exposure to plastic particles kills up to 75% of cultured kidney cells Kazi Albab Hussain (left) holds his son while removing a plastic container of water from a microwave. Hussain and colleagues at the University of NebraskaLincoln...