May 07, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) The rapid proliferation of wireless devices and the Internet of Things (IoT) has been one of the defining technological trends of the 21st century. As billions of smart devices come online, powering them efficiently and sustainably has emerged as a critical challenge. Batteries have long...
Smart labs for bespoke synthesis of nanomaterials are emerging
May 07, 2024 (Nanowerk News) In the early 20th century, the development of a catalyst for ammonia synthesis by the Haber-Bosch method took more than 10,000 experiments before it was successful. The development of new materials is a time-consuming and costly process from design to commercialization. However, in recent years,...
Scientists discover new property of light
May 07, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A research team headed by chemists at the University of California, Irvine has discovered a previously unknown way in which light interacts with matter, a finding that could lead to improved solar power systems, light-emitting diodes, semiconductor lasers and other technological advancements. In a paper...
Milestone in quantum simulation with circular Rydberg qubits
May 07, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers from the 5th Institute of Physics at the University of Stuttgart is making important progress in the field of quantum simulation and quantum computing based on Rydberg atoms by overcoming a fundamental limitation: the limited lifetime of Rydberg atoms. Circular Rydberg...
Breakthrough paves the way for next generation of vision implants
May 07, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A group of researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, University of Freiburg and the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have created an exceptionally small implant, with electrodes the size of a single neuron that can also remain intact in the body over time –...
Researchers develop a nanoparticle that can penetrate the blood-brain barrier
May 07, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have developed a nanoparticle that can penetrate the blood-brain barrier. Their goal is to kill primary breast cancer tumors and brain metastases in one treatment, and their research shows the...
Borophene modified for advanced biological interactions and medical devices
May 06, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Borophene, the atomically thin version of boron first synthesized in 2015, is more conductive, thinner, lighter, stronger and more flexible than graphene, the 2D version of carbon. Now, researchers at Penn State have made the material potentially more useful by imparting chirality — or handedness...
Venus has almost no water. A new study may reveal why
May 06, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Planetary scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered how Venus, Earth’s scalding and uninhabitable neighbor, became so dry. The new study fills in a big gap in what the researchers call “the water story on Venus.” Using computer simulations, the team found that...
Astronomers observe elusive stellar light surrounding ancient quasars
May 06, 2024 (Nanowerk News) MIT astronomers have observed the elusive starlight surrounding some of the earliest quasars in the universe. The distant signals, which trace back more than 13 billion years to the universe’s infancy, are revealing clues to how the very first black holes and galaxies evolved. Quasars...
Nanoparticle catalysts convert carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide to make useful compounds
May 06, 2024 (Nanowerk News) As a greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO2) contributes to climate change as it accumulates in the atmosphere. One way to reduce the amount of unwanted CO2 in the atmosphere is to convert the gas into a useful carbon product that can be used to generate...