Nov 17, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Over the past few decades, scientists have discovered that combining multiple metal elements into a single material can give rise to extraordinary new properties and functions. For example, specialized steel alloys made of iron and precise mixes of other metals have yielded steels that are...
Breakthrough in water treatment – the polyphenylene/carbon nanotube composite membrane
Nov 17, 2023 (Nanowerk News) In a new study published in the journal Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering ("Conductive and stable polyphenylene/CNT composite membrane for electrically enhanced membrane fouling mitigation"), researchers from Dalian University of Technology have have introduced a groundbreaking polyphenylene/carbon nanotube (PP/CNT) composite membrane. This cutting-edge development...
The mind’s eye of a neural network system
Nov 17, 2023 (Nanowerk News) In the background of image recognition software that can ID our friends on social media and wildflowers in our yard are neural networks, a type of artificial intelligence inspired by how own our brains process data. While neural networks sprint through data, their architecture makes...