Oct 08, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Building robots that can effortlessly mimic the movements of insects on water has been a persistent challenge in robotics. The ability to move autonomously and efficiently in environments like water surfaces – without needing external control or bulky power sources – holds immense potential in...
Hidden structural states discovered in inorganic nanoclusters
Oct 08, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Cornell researchers have uncovered hidden – and perplexing – states in a nanomaterial as it changes its atomic structure, a discovery that could advance materials with tailored properties for renewable energy and quantum computing, among other applications. The research, published in the journal ACS Nano...
Bubble findings could unlock better electrode and electrolyzer designs
Oct 08, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Industrial electrochemical processes that use electrodes to produce fuels and chemical products are hampered by the formation of bubbles that block parts of the electrode surface, reducing the area available for the active reaction. Such blockage reduces the performance of the electrodes by anywhere from...
JWST finds first first exotic ‘steam world’ shrouded in water vapor
Oct 08, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Nearly 100 light years away, there’s a planet unlike any we’ve seen before. The planet, known as GJ 9827 d, is roughly twice the size of Earth and has an atmosphere composed almost entirely of water vapor, according to a new study. “This is the...
AI speeds up the discovery of energy and quantum materials
Oct 08, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from Tohoku University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have unveiled a new AI tool for high-quality optical spectra with the same accuracy as quantum simulations, but working a million times faster, potentially accelerating the development of photovoltaic and quantum materials. Understanding the...
Using microwaves to efficiently control diamond qubits
Oct 08, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Quantum computers and quantum communication are pioneering technologies for data processing and transmission that is much faster and more secure than with conventional computers. Qubits are the basic units of information in quantum computers; they are the quantum mechanical counterparts of the bits in ordinary...