Jul 19, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Chemists have been working to synthesize high-value materials from waste molecules for years. Now, an international collaboration of scientists is exploring ways to use electricity to streamline the process. In their study, recently published in Nature Catalysis ("The solvation environment of molecularly dispersed cobalt phthalocyanine...
Stretchable electronics might make their way onto the market thanks to roll-to-roll process
Jul 19, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Electronics have evolved over the years to supersede simply enhancing day-to-day life to becoming almost seamlessly integrated with daily life. People have become accustomed to wearable electronics, but what about stretchable ones? There is a growing demand for this type of technology, but the current...
Paving the way to extremely fast, compact computer memory
Jul 19, 2024 (Nanowerk News) For decades, scientists have been studying a group of unusual materials called multiferroics that could be useful for a range of applications including computer memory, chemical sensors and quantum computers. In a study published in Nature ("Giant chiral magnetoelectric oscillations in a van der Waals...
Opening up new ground in the search for dark matter
Jul 18, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A new kind of detector for dark matter has the potential to make a direct detection of the enigmatic material, according to an analysis by RIKEN physicists. Objects that astronomers can detect are thought to make up only about 15% of the mass of the...
Ant insights lead to robot navigation breakthrough (w/video)
Jul 18, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Have you ever wondered how insects are able to go so far beyond their home and still find their way? The answer to this question is not only relevant to biology but also to making the AI for tiny, autonomous robots. TU Delft drone researchers...