Sep 27, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Quantum mechanics is a branch of physics that explores the properties and interactions of iparticles at very small scale, such as atoms and molecules. This has led to the development of new technologies that are more powerful and efficient compared to their conventional counterparts, causing...
New proof for black hole spin
Sep 27, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The supermassive black hole at the heart of galaxy M87, made famous by the first picture of a black hole shadow, has yielded another first: the jet shooting out from the black hole has been confirmed to wobble, providing direct proof that the black hole...
Testing particle scattering and reflection in graphene
Sep 27, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Humanity stands on the verge of two major revolutions: the boom in 2-dimensional materials like graphene with incredible properties and the introduction of quantum computers with processing power that vastly outstrips standard computers. Understanding materials like graphene, made of single sheets of atoms, means better...
Strength is in this glass’s DNA
Sep 27, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Working on the nanoscale gives researchers a lot of insight and control when fabricating and characterizing materials. In larger scale manufacturing, as well as in nature, many materials have the capacity for flaws and impurities that can disrupt their complex structure. This creates several weak...
Star sheds unexpected amounts of mass just before going supernova
Sep 27, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A newly discovered nearby supernova whose star ejected up to a full solar mass of material in the year prior to its explosion is challenging the standard theory of stellar evolution. The new observations are giving astronomers insight into what happens in the final year...
3D Prints join the dark side and vanish
Sep 27, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, has opened new doors in design and manufacturing. The greatest resolution is achieved using a technique called direct laser writing (DLW), which focuses a laser into a photosensitive material to solidify microscopic 3D structures. One of the challenges...
Advancing atomic-scale technology
Sep 27, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A Case Western Reserve University-led team is working on technology that could dramatically improve electrical transformers and power converters in electric vehicles. To do that, researchers are focusing on what is known as “quantum sensing”—the atomic-scale technology made possible when scientists harness the smallest magnetic,...
Towards computational design of molecules with desired properties
Sep 25, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Prof. Alexandre Tkatchenko and his research team at the University of Luxembourg in collaboration with Cornell University and the Argonne National Laboratory have introduced a novel “freedom of design” principle in the chemical compound space (CCS) – the unfathomably vast space populated by all possible...
Researchers take a deep look at peroxisomal processes
Sep 26, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Every system has its waste disposal system. The cell organelles known as “peroxisomes” dispose toxic substances and fats in the human body, among other things, and, in doing so, they prevent serious illnesses. The “Pex” group of proteins (peroxisomes biogenesis factors) keep these “detox units”...