Nov 14, 2023 (Nanowerk News) An innovative approach to artificial intelligence (AI) enables reconstructing a broad field of data, such as overall ocean temperature, from a small number of field-deployable sensors using low-powered “edge” computing, with broad applications across industry, science and medicine. The research has been published in Nature...
Bioinspired reinforced graphene membranes overcome mechanical limitations
Nov 14, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) For decades, researchers have sought to develop membranes that can effectively filter water while minimizing energy consumption. Such membranes would enable energy-efficient desalination to produce fresh water from seawater or wastewater. This could help provide clean drinking water amid growing water scarcity. However, current membrane...
Self-propelled micromotors purify wastewater and generate green energy
Nov 14, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from ICIQ in Spain have designed micromotors that move around on their own to purify wastewater. The process creates ammonia, which can serve as a green energy source. Now, an AI method developed at the University of Gothenburg will be used to tune the...
Improving water-based flow batteries
Nov 14, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Two colored liquids bubbling through tubes: Is this what the battery of the future looks like? Empa researcher David Reber has set out to answer this question over the next four years with the support of an Ambizione grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation...
Second-most distant galaxy discovered using James Webb Space Telescope
Nov 13, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The second- and fourth-most distant galaxies ever observed have been discovered in a region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster, or Abell 2744, using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Following up on a deep field image of the area, an international team...
Autonomous lab reduces discovery of best-in-class quantum dots from years to hours
Nov 13, 2023 (Nanowerk News) It can take years of focused laboratory work to determine how to make the highest quality materials for use in electronic and photonic devices. Researchers have now developed an autonomous system that can identify how to synthesize “best-in-class” materials for specific applications in hours or...