Dec 01, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Multifunctional computer chips have evolved to do more with integrated sensors, processors, memory and other specialized components. However, as chips have expanded, the time required to move information between functional components has also grown. “Think of it like building a house,” said Sang-Hoon Bae, an...
Photonic chip that ‘fits together like Lego’
Dec 01, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the University of Sydney Nano Institute have invented a compact silicon semiconductor chip that integrates electronics with photonic, or light, components. The new technology significantly expands radio-frequency (RF) bandwidth and the ability to accurately control information flowing through the unit. Expanded bandwidth means...
Molecular PicoRulers for high-resolution microscopy
Dec 01, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A team from the Rudolf Virchow Zentrum – Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging at Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) Würzburg, led by Dr Gerti Beliu and Professor Markus Sauer, presents a groundbreaking advance for the world of high-resolution fluorescence microscopy: The innovative method enables researchers for the...
Harvesting more solar energy with supercrystals
Dec 01, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Hydrogen is a building block for the energy transition. To obtain it with the help of solar energy, LMU researchers have developed new high-performance nanostructures. The material holds a world record for green hydrogen production with sunlight. When Emiliano Cortés goes hunting for sunlight, he...
Researchers invent new way to stretch diamond for better quantum bits
Dec 01, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A future quantum network may become less of a stretch thanks to researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Chicago and Cambridge University. A team of researchers announced a breakthrough in quantum network engineering: By “stretching” thin films...
Scientists build tiny biological robots from human cells
Dec 01, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The multicellular robots, ranging in size from the width of a human hair to the point of a sharpened pencil, were made to self-assemble and shown to have a remarkable healing effect on other cells. The discovery is a starting point for the researchers’ vision...