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Apr 08, 2025 PI announces the launch of the V-625 direct drive rotation stage, a high-performance rotary positioning and scanning stage designed for applications requiring smooth, high-precision rotary motion. (Nanowerk News) PI (Physik Instrumente), a global leader in precision motion control, announces the launch of the V-625 direct drive rotation...

Apr 08, 2025 Researchers are testing if laser-based photonic cooling can regulate the temperature of computer chips, significantly lower the power consumption and increase the efficiency of conventional air and water-based systems. (Nanowerk News) Sandia National Laboratories is helping a tech company test a bright new idea for cooling computers....

Apr 08, 2025 A new battery system removes toxic metals from wastewater and generates electricity in the process, offering a low-cost, power-positive alternative to conventional treatment. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Industrial pollution has deposited toxic metals into water systems, creating an environmental challenge that resists simple solutions. These contaminants—manganese, cobalt, nickel, zinc,...

Apr 10, 2025 Laser-induced alignment boosts single-particle imaging by improving molecular orientation, enabling clearer 3D structure recovery of proteins and macromolecules. (Nanowerk News) Single-particle diffractive imaging (SPI) using X-ray free-electron lasers allows researchers to reconstruct the structure of nanoparticles and biomolecules. However, the technique often requires imaging up to several...

Apr 10, 2025 A biohybrid system combines polymer nanosheets with E. coli to improve hydrogen production by capturing near-infrared light from the solar spectrum. (Nanowerk Spotlight) The search for viable solar hydrogen production has repeatedly run up against the same set of limitations: narrow spectral absorption, poor quantum efficiencies, and...

Apr 10, 2025 New study shows that electron spins - tiny magnetic properties of atoms that can store information - can be protected from decohering (losing their quantum state) much more effectively than previously thought, simply by applying low magnetic fields. (Nanowerk News) New study shows that electron spins—tiny magnetic...

Apr 10, 2025 Cost-effective chiral nanostructures enable precise light control at the nanoscale, advancing applications in sensing, imaging, and emerging quantum technologies. (Nanowerk News) Researchers from ICMAB are revolutionizing how we manipulate light at the nanoscale using chiral plasmonic structures—nanomaterials designed to interact with polarized light in extraordinary ways. ICMAB...

Apr 10, 2025 A recent research study has successfully merged two cutting-edge 3D tissue engineering strategies - 3D polymeric scaffolds and 3D neuronal spheroids - to create a highly advanced model for studying neuronal behaviour and disease. (Nanowerk News) A recent research study (Advanced Healthcare Materials, "Smart Polymeric 3D Microscaffolds...

Apr 08, 2025 Flexible, semi-autonomous robot could potentially find disaster victims buried in rubble, deliver medicine inside body. (Nanowerk News) A tiny, soft, flexible robot that can crawl through earthquake rubble to find trapped victims or travel inside the human body to deliver medicine may seem like science fiction, but...

Apr 09, 2025 Scientists have created a scalable cryogenic process for producing borophene sheets that efficiently harvest energy from motion, enabling next-generation flexible electronics. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Scientists have created a remarkably simple method to produce borophene—a material that could revolutionize everything from wearable electronics to battery technology. The new approach...