Oct 26, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A collaborative team of researchers led by prof. Cees Dekker at TU Delft, in partnership with international colleagues, introduces a pioneering breakthrough in the world of nanomotors – the DNA origami nanoturbine. This nanoscale device could represent a paradigm shift, harnessing power from ion gradients...
Shape-shifting fiber can produce morphing fabrics
Oct 26, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Instead of needing a coat for each season, imagine having a jacket that would dynamically change shape so it becomes more insulating to keep you warm as the temperature drops. A programmable, actuating fiber developed by an interdisciplinary team of MIT researchers could someday make...
Uranus aurora discovery offers clues to habitable icy worlds
Oct 26, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The presence of an infrared aurora on the cold, outer planet of Uranus has been confirmed for the first time by University of Leicester astronomers. The discovery could shed light on the mysteries behind the magnetic fields of the planets of our solar system, and...
Webb observes the glowing embers of colliding neutron stars
Oct 26, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Gamma-ray bursts are brief flashes of the most energetic form of light, reaching us from the distant Universe. They have their origin in stellar explosions, but the exact circumstances are still debated. Now a team of researchers including astronomers from the Niels Bohr Institute has...
A new era for accurate, rapid COVID-19 testing
Oct 26, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A rapid, accurate way of testing for COVID-19 infection would be a big step in overcoming the virus’ hold over our society. Now, in an article published in Lab on a Chip ("High-Precision Rapid Testing of Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Clinical Samples Using AI-Nanopore"), Japanese...
AI-ready architecture doubles power with FeFETs
Oct 26, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Hussam Amrouch has developed an AI-ready architecture that is twice as powerful as comparable in-memory computing approaches. As reported in the journal Nature Communications ("First demonstration of in-memory computing crossbar using multi-level Cell FeFET"), the professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) applies a...
Astronomers capture formation of a powerful cosmic jet
Oct 26, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Using a network of radio telescopes on Earth and in space, astronomers have captured the most detailed view ever of a jet of plasma from a supermassive black hole. The jet travels at nearly the speed of light and shows complex, twisted patterns near its...
Using sound to test devices, control qubits
Oct 26, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Acoustic resonators are everywhere. In fact, there is a good chance you’re holding one in your hand right now. Most smart phones today use bulk acoustic resonators as radio frequency filters to filter out noise that could degrade a signal. These filters are also used...
New method enables reliable low-power triboelectric sensors for wearables
Oct 26, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Triboelectric sensors operate through contact electrification—the electrical charge transfer that occurs when two materials are brought into contact and then separated. This phenomenon allows triboelectric sensors to convert mechanical stimuli like touch or pressure into electrical signals. In this way, they can detect tactile inputs...
New research reveals alarming privacy and security threats in Smart Homes
Oct 26, 2023 (Nanowerk News) An international team of researchers, led by IMDEA Networks and Northeastern University in collaboration with NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, IMDEA Software, University of Calgary, and the International Computer Science Institute, has unveiled groundbreaking findings on the security and privacy...