Jul 29, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Light cannot escape from a black hole, but for the first time ever, researchers have observed light from behind a black hole — a scenario that was predicted by Einstein's theory of General Relativity but never confirmed, until now. In a paper published in Nature...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Unconventional superconductor acts the part of a promising quantum computing platform: If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.
Home > Press > Unconventional superconductor acts the part of a promising quantum computing platform: If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.Crystals of a promising topological superconductor grown by researchers at the University of Maryland's Quantum...
Metallic water prepared for the first time under terrestrial conditions
Jul 28, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Pure water is not a good conductor of electricity. It is, in fact, an electrical insulator. In order to conduct electricity, water must contain dissolved salts, for example, yet the conductivity of such an electrolyte is relatively low, several orders lower than that of metals....
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Unlocking efficient light-energy conversion with stable coordination nanosheets: Scientists design a high-performance, self-powered, UV photodetector using 2D nanosheets that show record photocurrent stability under air exposure
Home > Press > Unlocking efficient light-energy conversion with stable coordination nanosheets: Scientists design a high-performance, self-powered, UV photodetector using 2D nanosheets that show record photocurrent stability under air exposureScientists from Japan and Taiwan designed a nanosheet material using iron and benzenehexathiol that made for a high-performance self-powered UV photodetector...
Tweezers of sound can pick objects up without physical contact
Jul 24, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new technology which allows non-contact manipulation of small objects using sound waves. They used a hemispherical array of ultrasound transducers to generate a 3D acoustic fields which stably trapped and lifted a small polystyrene ball from a...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: The virus trap: Hollow nano-objects made of DNA could trap viruses and render them harmless
Home > Press > The virus trap: Hollow nano-objects made of DNA could trap viruses and render them harmlessLined on the inside with virus-binding molecules, nano-shells made of DNA material bind viruses tightly and thus render them harmless. CREDIT Elena-Marie Willner / DietzLab / TUMAbstract:To date, there are no...
Topology in biology
Jul 23, 2021 (Nanowerk News) When can we say that a certain property of a system is robust? Intuitively, robustness implies that, even under the effect of external perturbations on the system, no matter how strong or random, said property remains unchanged. In mathematics, properties of an object that are...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: RUDN University chemists obtained an unusual planar nickel complex exhibiting magnetic properties
Home > Press > RUDN University chemists obtained an unusual planar nickel complex exhibiting magnetic propertiesRUDN University chemists obtained a metal-containing complex with an unusual planar architecture. The unexpected structure was formed due to the spontaneous fixation of carbon dioxide from the air during the reaction. This compound exhibits unusual...
The next big thing in li-ion battery technology
Jul 22, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), which are a renewable source of energy for electrical devices or electric vehicles, have attracted much attention as the next-generation energy solution. However, the anodes of LIBs in use today have multiple inadequacies, ranging from low ionic electronic conductivity and structural changes...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Repairs using light signals: FAU research group develops smart microparticle that identifies defective parts in electrical appliances
Home > Press > Repairs using light signals: FAU research group develops smart microparticle that identifies defective parts in electrical appliancesImage: Colourbox.deAbstract:Repairing complex electrical appliances is time consuming and rarely cost-effective. The working group led by Prof. Dr. Karl Mandel, Professorship of Inorganic Chemistry at Friedrich-Alexander-Universitt Erlangen-Nrnberg (FAU), has now...