Oct 30, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time, with an estimated 400 million tons of plastic waste generated annually worldwide. Of particular concern are nanoplastics – microscopic plastic particles smaller than one micrometer – which can enter living...
Evidence mounts for dark energy from black holes
Oct 30, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Almost 14 billion years ago, at the very beginning of the Big Bang, a mysterious energy drove an exponential expansion of the infant universe and produced all known matter, according to the prevailing inflationary universe theory. That ancient energy shared key features of the current...