Home > Press > Innovative sensing platform unlocks ultrahigh sensitivity in conventional sensors: Lan Yang and her team have developed new plug-and-play hardware to dramatically enhance the sensitivity of optical sensorsAbstract:Optical sensors serve as the backbone of numerous scientific and technological endeavors, from detecting gravitational waves to imaging biological tissues...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Discovery points path to flash-like memory for storing qubits: Rice find could hasten development of nonvolatile quantum memory
Home > Press > Discovery points path to flash-like memory for storing qubits: Rice find could hasten development of nonvolatile quantum memory ice University experimental physicist Han Wu (left) and theoretical physicist Lei Chen partnered with colleagues at more than a dozen research institutions on the discovery of a phase-changing...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: A simple, inexpensive way to make carbon atoms bind together: A Scripps Research team uncovers a cost-effective method for producing quaternary carbon molecules, which are critical for drug development
Home > Press > A simple, inexpensive way to make carbon atoms bind together: A Scripps Research team uncovers a cost-effective method for producing quaternary carbon molecules, which are critical for drug development An image of tert-butane, the simplest quaternary carbon. CREDIT Scripps Research Abstract:The active ingredient in many...
Flexible polymer nanostructures with unmatched surface area and strength
Apr 06, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) In the quest to create materials that are both lightweight and strong, scientists have long been inspired by the intricate structures found in nature. From the lattice-like bones of birds to the porous, yet sturdy stems of plants, evolution has optimized these biological materials to...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Chemical reactions can scramble quantum information as well as black holes
Home > Press > Chemical reactions can scramble quantum information as well as black holes Chenghao Zhang (left) and Sohang Kundu CREDIT (Photo of Zhang by Bill Wiegand/University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; photo of Kundu courtesy of Sohang Kundu) Abstract:If you were to throw a message in a bottle into...
Butterfly-inspired AI technology takes flight
Apr 06, 2024 (Nanowerk News) When it comes to mating, two things matter for Heliconius butterflies: the look and the smell of their potential partner. The black and orange butterflies have incredibly small brains, yet they must process both sensory inputs at the same time — which is more than...
LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration detected a remarkable gravitational-wave signal
Apr 06, 2024 (Nanowerk News) In May 2023, shortly after the start of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run, the LIGO Livingston detector observed a gravitational-wave signal from the collision of what is most likely a neutron star with a compact object that is 2.5 to 4.5 times the mass of...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: With VECSELs towards the quantum internet Fraunhofer: IAF achieves record output power with VECSEL for quantum frequency converters
Home > Press > With VECSELs towards the quantum internet Fraunhofer: IAF achieves record output power with VECSEL for quantum frequency converters VECSEL setup for the development of a low-noise pump source for quantum frequency conversion CREDIT © Fraunhofer IAF Abstract:The expansion of fiber optics is progressing worldwide, which...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Utilizing palladium for addressing contact issues of buried oxide thin film transistors
Home > Press > Utilizing palladium for addressing contact issues of buried oxide thin film transistors A novel method that employs palladium to inject hydrogen into the deeply buried oxide-metal electrode contacts of amorphous oxide semiconductors (AOSs) storage devices, which reduces contact resistance, has been developed by scientists at Tokyo...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Good as gold
Home > Press > Good as gold - improving infectious disease testing with gold nanoparticles GNDP particles CREDIT Hiroshi Yabu Abstract:By harnessing the power of composite polymer particles adorned with gold nanoparticles, a group of researchers have delivered a more accurate means of testing for infectious diseases. Good as...