Mar 27, 2025 Strongest Cu-Ta-Li alloy to date demonstrates exceptional strength and stability for advanced engineering applications. (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers from Arizona State University, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Lehigh University and Louisiana State University has developed a groundbreaking high-temperature copper alloy with exceptional thermal stability...
A new nanomaterial to make lightsails for interstellar travel
Mar 27, 2025 In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective membrane designed to ride a column of laser light to incredible speeds. (Nanowerk News) Since its launch in 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has traveled over 15 billion miles into...
Researchers control the handedness of molecules
Mar 27, 2025 Experiment is an important step towards isolating right- and lefthanded molecules from each other. (Nanowerk News) A team of DESY researchers, led by DESY lead scientist and University of Kiel professor Melanie Schnell, has managed to control the generation of left- and right-handed organic molecules at the...
DNA microscope creates 3D images of organisms from the inside out
Mar 27, 2025 Researchers develop new technology to create a spatial map of gene expression for an entire organism. (Nanowerk News) Standard genetic sequencing approaches can tell you a lot about the genetic makeup and activity in a sample, like a piece of tissue or drop of blood. But they...
a new twist on interference patterns
Mar 27, 2025 Researchers discovered brand new interference patterns in twisted two-dimensional tungsten ditelluride lattices. These patterns can be tuned to look like periodic spots or even one-dimensional bands by adjusting the twist angle between layers, and they can drastically alter the physical properties of the material. (Nanowerk News) One...
Humans as hardware: computing with biological tissue
Mar 27, 2025 Researchers show that human tissue can be used to process data and perform computational tasks. (Nanowerk News) Most computers run on microchips, but what if we’ve been overlooking a simpler, more elegant computational tool all this time? In fact, what if we were the computational tool? As...
Plastic-like materials that dissolve in the sea
Mar 27, 2025 Supramolecular materials that fully degrade when soaked in saltwater have the potential to help address the microplastics pollution crisis. (Nanowerk News) Microplastics—small fragments of plastics less than 5mm across—now infiltrate every corner of our planet, from remote regions of the deep ocean and the Arctic, to the...
Automated large-scale graphene transfer boosts chip production for molecular diagnostics
Mar 26, 2025 Automated glass-chamber system transfers graphene from copper to wafers using fluid cycles, enabling precise, hands-free chip production like a miniature assembly line. (Nanowerk News) A team led by Delphine Bouilly, a professor in UdeM's Physics Department and director of IRIC’s Electronic Nanobiosensor Design and Application Research Unit,...
Magnetic tweezers make robotic surgery safer, more precise
Mar 26, 2025 Researchers have created a magnetic tweezer system that could one day make it possible for doctors to do remote, non-invasive, highly precise medical procedures on their patients using a microrobot. (Nanowerk News) Imagine if a doctor could remotely do a non-invasive, highly precise medical procedure on her...
Webb captures Neptune’s auroras for first time
Mar 26, 2025 Neptune was the missing piece of the puzzle when it came to detecting auroras on the giant planets of our solar system. (Nanowerk News) For the first time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured bright auroral activity on Neptune. Auroras occur when energetic particles, often originating...