Dec 18, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Making electronic devices smaller requires components that work reliably at tiny scales. While engineers have successfully miniaturized many electronic parts, they face a persistent obstacle: most metals stop behaving like metals when made extremely thin. Gold, silver, and other metals become semiconductors or insulators when...
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High-performance multi-material 3D printing techniques
Dec 18, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Tohoku University's Institute for Materials Research and New Industry Creation Hatchery Center have made a breakthrough in a multi-material 3D printing technique, demonstrating the process for creating a lightweight yet durable automobile part. The results were published in Additive Manufacturing ("Multi-material additive manufacturing...
Step forward in generating solar-powered hydrogen
Dec 18, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Another advance has been made by experts in nanoscale chemistry to propel further development of sustainable and efficient generation of hydrogen from water using solar power. In a new international collaborative study – led by Flinders University with collaborators in South Australia, the US and...
New polymer ramps up quest for better data storage
Dec 18, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A new material for high density data storage can be erased and recycled in a more efficient and sustainable way, providing a potential alternative to hard disk drives, solid-state drives and flash memory in future. The low-cost polymer stores data as ‘dents’, making a miniscule...
Light-driven hybrid nanoreactor combines bio and synthetic methods for hydrogen production
Dec 17, 2024 (Nanowerk News) The University of Liverpool has reported a significant advancement in engineering biology and clean energy. A team of researchers has developed an innovative light-driven hybrid nanoreactor that merges natural efficiency with cutting-edge synthetic precision to produce hydrogen—a clean and sustainable energy source. Published in ACS...
Researchers introduce Boltz-1, a fully open-source model for predicting biomolecular structures
Dec 17, 2024 (Nanowerk News) MIT scientists have released a powerful, open-source AI model, called Boltz-1, that could significantly accelerate biomedical research and drug development. Developed by a team of researchers in the MIT Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health, Boltz-1 is the first fully open-source model that achieves...
Current generated by the quantum Hall effect has additional magnetic properties
Dec 17, 2024 (Nanowerk News) The quantum Hall effect, a fundamental effect in quantum mechanics, not only generates an electric but also a magnetic current. It arises from the motion of electrons on an orbit around the nuclei of atoms. This has been demonstrated by the calculations of a team...
Metal-organic framework supercapacitor captures humidity to store energy
Dec 17, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) When water evaporates and condenses in the atmosphere, it carries energy - the same process that drives weather patterns and can be harnessed for power generation. While power plants use temperature differences between water vapor and cooler surfaces to generate electricity on an industrial scale,...
Don’t burst that bubble: Research explores nanobubble stability
Dec 16, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Gases are essential for many chemical reactions, and bubbles are one way for these gases to be held in solution. When compared to larger bubbles, nanobubbles have increased stability—meaning that they can remain in a solution longer without popping. Due to their increased stability, they...
New blood test could make nanomedicine cancer treatments safer and more effective
Dec 16, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Scientists from RMIT University and the Doherty Institute have developed a new blood test that could screen cancer patients to help make their treatment safer and more effective. The first-of-its-kind test can rapidly assess how effective different polyethylene glycol (PEG) based nanomedicines are at killing...