Day: December 28, 2023

Dec 28, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Inexpensive and Earth-abundant alternatives to expensive noble metal catalysts remain a grand challenge at the forefront of the chemical industry. Catalysts play an indispensable role in the vast majority of industrial chemical processes by accelerating reaction rates and enabling important transformations under feasible conditions. However,...

Dec 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Green hydrogen can be produced through water electrolysis technology, which uses renewable energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen without emitting carbon dioxide. However, the production cost of green hydrogen is currently around $5 per kilogram, which is two to three times higher than...

Dec 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) New theoretical analysis places the likelihood of massive neutron stars hiding cores of deconfined quark matter between 80 and 90 percent. The result was reached through massive supercomputer runs utilizing Bayesian statistical inference. Neutron-star cores contain matter at the highest densities reached in our present-day...

Dec 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A research group has developed a high-speed, high-sensitivity terahertz-wave detector operating at room temperature, paving the way for advancements in the development of next generation 6G/7G technology. Details of their breakthrough were published in the journal Nanophotonics ("Gate-Readout and a 3D Rectification Effect for Giant...

Dec 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Tissue engineering seeks to repair damaged tissues by providing cellular scaffolds that support regeneration. Ideally, these scaffolds should be biocompatible, biodegradable materials that integrate with surrounding tissue. Currently, animal-derived proteins like gelatin serve as common scaffolding materials. However, recent research explores plant-based alternatives, which offer...