Aug 04, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Lean back and admire the scenery while the car drives itself through the city - this is not yet possible, despite technical advancements. Conventional computer hardware and software do not have sufficient interfaces to intervene in an emergency with the same responsiveness as a human....
Fastest neuromorphic, electric double layer transistor
Aug 04, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A research team consisting of NIMS and the Tokyo University of Science has developed the fastest electric double layer transistor using a highly ion conductive ceramic thin film and a diamond thin film. This transistor may be used to develop energy-efficient, high-speed edge AI devices...
Robotic grippers offer unprecedented combo of strength and delicacy
Aug 03, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a robotic gripping device that is gentle enough to pick up a drop of water, strong enough to pick up a 6.4 kilogram (14.1 pound) weight, dexterous enough to fold a cloth, and precise enough to pick...
Butterfly-inspired films create vibrant colors while passively cooling objects
Aug 03, 2023 (Nanowerk News) On a hot summer day, white clothing feels cooler than other colors due to reflecting—not absorbing—sunlight. Other colors, like blue or black, will undergo a heating effect as they absorb light. To circumvent this heating effect in colored cooling films, researchers drew inspiration from nanostructures...
New photocatalytic system converts carbon dioxide to valuable fuel more efficiently than natural photosynthesis
Aug 03, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A joint research team from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and collaborators recently developed a stable artificial photocatalytic system that is more efficient than natural photosynthesis. The new system mimics a natural chloroplast to convert carbon dioxide in water into methane, a valuable fuel,...
James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning images of the Ring Nebula
Aug 03, 2023 (Nanowerk News) NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has recorded breath-taking new images of the iconic Ring Nebula, also known as Messier 57. The images, released today by an international team of astronomers led by Professor Mike Barlow (UCL, UK) and Dr Nick Cox (ACRI-ST, France), with...
Current takes a surprising path in quantum material
Aug 03, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Cornell researchers used magnetic imaging to obtain the first direct visualization of how electrons flow in a special type of insulator, and by doing so they discovered that the transport current moves through the interior of the material, rather than at the edges, as scientists...
Unleashing a new era of color tunable nano-devices
Aug 03, 2023 (Nanowerk News) While nanocrystals offer color tunability and are used in various technologies, achieving different colors requires using different nanocrystals for each color, and dynamic switching between colors has not been possible. A team of Researchers at the Institute of Chemistry and The Center for Nanoscience and...
On-off switch for enzymes
Aug 03, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Light affects living organisms in many different ways: for example, plants orient their growth direction towards the sun, while circadian rhythms in humans are controlled by daylight. These processes always involve photoreceptors, which are proteins that can sense different colours and intensities of light. 10,000-fold...
New flexible sensor could enable continuous health monitoring
Aug 03, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Researchers have developed a new type of flexible sensor that could allow for continuous health monitoring during normal daily activities. The sensor, created by a team at Soochow University in China, can accurately measure subtle changes in light passing through blood vessels. This allows it...