Jan 29, 2025 (Nanowerk News) A unique propagation phenomenon of acoustic waves has been discovered, paving the way for developing advanced communication technologies using acoustic devices. The research was led by the Institute for Materials Research at Tohoku University, in collaboration with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency and the RIKEN...
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New concept enables ultra-thin absorbers with record bandwidth-to-thickness ratio
Jan 28, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Absorbing layers have been fundamental to advancements in technologies like energy harvesting, stealth systems, and communication networks. These absorbers efficiently capture electromagnetic waves across broad frequency ranges, enabling the development of sustainable, self-powered devices such as remote sensors and Internet of Things (IoT) systems. In...
Individual cells can be connected to plastic electrodes
Jan 28, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Linköping University have succeeded in creating a close connection between individual cells and organic electronics. The study, published in Science Advances ("From synthetic vesicles to living cells: Anchoring conducting polymers to cell membranes"), lays the foundation for future treatment of neurological and other...
Explaining persistent hydrogen in Mars’ atmosphere
Jan 28, 2025 (Nanowerk News) The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, Harvard researchers think they have a good explanation for a warmer, wetter ancient Mars. Building on prior theories describing the Mars...
New avenues in quantum research: supramolecular qubit candidates detected
Jan 28, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Qubits are the basic building blocks of information processing in quantum technology. An important research question is what material they will actually consist of in technical applications. Molecular spin qubits are considered promising qubit candidates for molecular spintronics, in particular for quantum sensing. The materials...
Building blocks of life delivered from space
Jan 28, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Organic molecules are among the necessary inventory of life-friendly worlds. On Earth, the compounds of carbon, hydrogen and – in smaller quantities – other elements form the basic building blocks of all life. In recent years, researchers have found such molecules at great distances from...
Black Holes can cook for themselves
Jan 28, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe can create their own meals. Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Very Large Telescope (VLT) provide new evidence that outbursts from black holes can help cool...
Novel smart bandages enable real-time infection monitoring through integrated pH-correcting sensors
Jan 28, 2025 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Inside a wound, a complex chemical battle unfolds. As healing progresses, the wound environment shifts between acidic and basic states, each change signaling different stages of recovery or infection. These pH fluctuations create a major challenge for medical sensors - they can mask or amplify...
Localized surface plasmon resonance enhancement induced by oxide particle superlattices
Jan 27, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Recently, the research group of Professor Yang Liangbao from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, enhances localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) by studying Cu2O1–x superlattices with oxygen vacancies, offering new insights into vacancy doping in semiconductors and LSPR induction...
Riding the quantum Kelvin wave
Jan 27, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Lord Kelvin theorized in 1880 that stimulating a thin vortex line would produce a helical deformation, later known as a Kelvin wave. While these waves have been observed in classical fluids like water and air, their existence in quantum fluids has remained largely theoretical due...