Feb 19, 2024 (Nanowerk News) The fastest-growing black hole ever recorded – devouring the equivalent of one sun every day – has been discovered by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU). The researchers’ findings are published in Nature Astronomy ("The accretion of a solar mass per day by a...
Defect-laden vertical graphene MOF assembly enables simple, sustainable production of chemicals
Feb 19, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Chemical manufacturing underpins modern civilization – fuels, plastics, fertilizers and pharmaceuticals all rely on it. Yet many legacy production routes exact heavy tolls on the planet and human health. New catalytic techniques aim to leapfrog current processes with drastically lower carbon footprints and less waste....
How cells respond to 3D mechanical stiffness
Feb 19, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Imagine a world inside your body where tiny cells are like workers building and repairing tissue structures. They interact with their surroundings, which include a scaffold called the extracellular matrix (ECM). This scaffold is like the construction site, where cells get instructions on what and...