Month: September 2023

Sep 22, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Engineers and chemists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Meta have developed a new kind of 3D-printed material capable of replicating characteristics of biological tissue, an advancement that could impact the future of “augmented humanity.” In a paper published in the journal Matter ("One-pot...

Electrochemical pixel array post-fabricated on a CMOS chipFor decades, silicon computer chips have upheld Moore’s Law, delivering exponential growth in computing power. But this relentless miniaturization faces physical limits, as components approach the quantum realm. One futuristic idea attempts to mimic biology by using ions instead of electrons to process...

Sep 22, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Rutgers researchers have developed a way of detecting the early onset of deadly infectious diseases using a test so ultrasensitive that it could someday revolutionize medical approaches to epidemics. The test, described in Science Advances ("Digital assay for rapid electronic quantification of clinical pathogens using...

Sep 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) In a groundbreaking study published in Engineering ("Engineering DNA Materials for Sustainable Data Storage Using a DNA Movable-Type System"), researchers have developed a revolutionary method for data storage using DNA. The paper titled “Engineering DNA Materials for Sustainable Data Storage Using a DNA Movable-Type System”...

Sep 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at UCL (University College London) have created one-atom-thick ribbons made of phosphorus alloyed with arsenic that could dramatically improve the efficiency of devices such as batteries, supercapacitors and solar cells. The research team discovered phosphorus nanoribbons in 2019. The “wonder material”, predicted to revolutionise...

Sep 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A collaborative team led by Piran Kidambi, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, William Fissell, associate professor of nephrology and hypertension at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Shuvo Roy, professor of bioengineering at University of California, San Francisco, and Francesco Fornasiero, biosciences and biotechnology staff...

Sep 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News)Scientists announced a breakthrough in the evaluation of artificial general intelligence (AGI) with the introduction of the Tong test (where “Tong” corresponds to the pronunciation of the Chinese character of “general,” as in “artificial general intelligence”), as proposed by a recent perspective article published in Engineering...

Sep 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) It sounds like magic: photoelectrodes could convert the greenhouse gas CO2 back into methanol or N2 molecules into valuable fertiliser - using only the energy of sunlight. An HZB study (Small Methods, "Surface-mediated charge transfer of photogenerated carriers in diamond") has now shown that diamond...

Sep 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) In a new study (Chemical Science, "Nanocapsules of unprecedented internal volume seamed by calcium ions"), researchers at the University of Missouri created a proof of concept of a nanocapsule — a microscopic container — capable of delivering a specific “payload” to a targeted location. While...

Sep 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A new form of agricultural pest control could one day take root—one that treats crop infestations deep under the ground in a targeted manner with less pesticide. Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed nanoparticles, fashioned from plant viruses, that can deliver...