Sep 07, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A team led by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory identified and successfully demonstrated a new method to process a plant-based material called nanocellulose that reduced energy needs by a whopping 21%. The approach was discovered using molecular simulations run on...
AI shines a new light on exoplanets
Sep 06, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from LMU, the ORIGINS Excellence Cluster, the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), and the ORIGINS Data Science Lab (ODSL) have made an important breakthrough in the analysis of exoplanet atmospheres. Using physics-informed neural networks (PINNs), they have managed to model the complex...
New guidelines for nanomedicine development to enhance clinical translation success
Sep 06, 2024 (Nanowerk News) They’re tiny drug-delivery systems 1000 times smaller than a human hair, but while nanomedicines have long been hailed as the future for treating debilitating and life-threatening diseases, their journey from lab to patient has many challenges. Now, new findings from a global team of expert...
AI helps distinguish dark matter from cosmic noise
Sep 06, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Dark matter is the invisible force holding the universe together – or so we think. It makes up around 85% of all matter and around 27% of the universe’s contents, but since we can’t see it directly, we have to study its gravitational effects on...
New high-temperature adhesive mimics beetle adhesion for heat-sensitive applications
Sep 06, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) For industries that rely on precision and high performance, adhesives capable of withstanding extreme heat without weakening or leaving residues have been frustratingly out of reach. In electronics manufacturing, aerospace, and other high-tech fields, the lack of reliable high-temperature adhesives has forced engineers to work...
Plasmonic nanomaterials detect cancer genes in blood with ultra-high accuracy
Sep 06, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Dr. Min-young Lee and Dr. Sung-gyu Park of the Advanced Bio and Healthcare Materials Research Division at Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) have developed a technology that can detect cancer mutant genes in blood with the world's highest sensitivity of 0.000000001% based on plasmonic...
Researchers create a one-dimensional gas out of light
Sep 06, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Physicists at the University of Bonn and the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) have created a one-dimensional gas out of light. This has enabled them to test theoretical predictions about the transition into this exotic state of matter for the first time. The method used in...
Galaxies are much much bigger than we thought
Sep 06, 2024 (Nanowerk News) If this galaxy is typical, then the study, published in Nature Astronomy ("An emission map of the disk–circumgalactic medium transition in starburst IRAS 08339+6517"), indicates that our galaxy is already interacting with its closest neighbour, Andromeda. Where does a galaxy end and deep space begin?...
Achieving a supercapacitor through the ‘molecular coating’ approach
Sep 05, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Tohoku University have successfully increased the capacity, lifetime durability, and cost-effectiveness of a capacitor in their pursuit of a more power-efficient future. A capacitor is a device used as part of a circuit that can store and release energy, just like a battery....
New silicon-based arrays pave the way for scalable quantum computers
Sep 05, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) The vision of quantum computing has captivated scientists with the potential to revolutionize technology by solving problems far beyond the reach of classical computers. Despite the allure, progress has often been hindered by the sheer complexity of controlling quantum states. The challenge lies not only...