Sep 16, 2024 (Nanowerk News) McGill University researchers have harnessed the power of sunlight to transform two of the most harmful greenhouse gases into valuable chemicals. The discovery could help combat climate change and provide a more sustainable way to produce certain industrial products. “Imagine a world where the exhaust...
Liquid crystals in motion mimic biological systems
Sep 16, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Liquid crystals are all around us, from cell phone screens and video game consoles to car dashboards and medical devices. Run an electric current through liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and they generate colors, thanks to the unique properties of these fluids: rearrange their shape, and...
Energy-saving computing with magnetic whirls
Sep 16, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have managed to enhance the framework of Brownian reservoir computing by recording and transferring hand gestures to the system which then used skyrmions to detect these individual gestures. "We were impressed to see that our hardware approach and...
Controlling molecular arrangements using selenium doping
Sep 16, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Physicists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have achieved controlled conformational arrangements in nanostructures using a flexible precursor and selenium doping, enhancing material properties and structural homogeneity. Their method advances on-surface synthesis for the design and development of engineered nanomaterials. On-surface synthesis has been...
Astronomers detect black hole ‘starving’ its host galaxy to death
Sep 16, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope to confirm that supermassive black holes can starve their host galaxies of the fuel they need to form new stars. The international team, co-led by the University of Cambridge, used Webb to observe a galaxy roughly...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Rice research could make weird AI images a thing of the past: New diffusion model approach solves the aspect ratio problem
Home > Press > Rice research could make weird AI images a thing of the past: New diffusion model approach solves the aspect ratio problem Moayed Haji Ali is a Rice University computer science doctoral student. Credit (Photo by Vicente Ordez-Romn/Rice University) Abstract:Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Giving batteries a longer life with the Advanced Photon Source: New research uncovers a hydrogen-centered mechanism that triggers degradation in the lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles
Home > Press > Giving batteries a longer life with the Advanced Photon Source: New research uncovers a hydrogen-centered mechanism that triggers degradation in the lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles From left: Physicist and Group Leader Shelly Kelly describes the unique monochromator in the recently upgraded 25-ID beamline at...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: NYU Abu Dhabi researchers develop novel covalent organic frameworks for precise cancer treatment delivery: NYU Abu Dhabi researchers develop novel covalent organic frameworks for precise cancer treatment delivery
Home > Press > NYU Abu Dhabi researchers develop novel covalent organic frameworks for precise cancer treatment delivery: NYU Abu Dhabi researchers develop novel covalent organic frameworks for precise cancer treatment deliveryAbstract:A team of researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), led by Program Head of Chemistry Ali Trabolsi, have developed...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: New method in the fight against forever chemicals
Home > Press > New method in the fight against forever chemicals The piezoelectric nanoparticle acts as a catalyst and initiates a chemical reaction: 90.5 % of the PFOS molecule is degraded and 29 % is defluorinated. Credit Andrea Veciana / ETH Zurich Abstract:What do firefighting foam, non-stick...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Breakthrough in proton barrier films using pore-free graphene oxide: Kumamoto University researchers achieve new milestone in advanced coating technologies
Home > Press > Breakthrough in proton barrier films using pore-free graphene oxide: Kumamoto University researchers achieve new milestone in advanced coating technologies Numerous pores were observed in GO (indicated by white arrows). In contrast, no pores were visible in Pf-GO, even under high magnification. Credit Kazuto Hatakeyama and...