Magnetic launching of black hole jets in Perseus A

Feb 01, 2024 (Nanowerk News) The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, has recently resolved the jet base of an evolving jet of plasma at ultra-high angular resolution (Astronomy & Astrophysics, "Ordered magnetic fields around the 3C 84 central...

Single proton illuminates perovskite nanocrystals-based transmissive thin scintillators

Feb 01, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a transmissive thin scintillator using perovskite nanocrystals, designed for real-time tracking and counting of single protons. The exceptional sensitivity is attributed to biexcitonic radiative emission generated through proton-induced upconversion and impact ionisation. The detection of...

Nanoscale imaging method reveals new cells and structures in human brain tissue

Feb 01, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Using a novel microscopy technique, MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School researchers have imaged human brain tissue in greater detail than ever before, revealing cells and structures that were not previously visible. Among their findings, the researchers discovered that some “low-grade” brain tumors...

Machine learning guides carbon nanotechnology

Jan 31, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Carbon nanostructures could become easier to design and synthesize thanks to a machine learning method that predicts how they grow on metal surfaces. The new approach, developed by researchers at Japan's Tohoku University and China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University, will make it easier to exploit...