May 07, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Physicists sometimes come up with crazy stories that sound like science fiction. Some turn out to be true, like how the curvature of space and time described by Einstein was eventually borne out by astronomical measurements. Others linger on as mere possibilities or mathematical curiosities....
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Highest degree of purity achieved for polarized X-rays: Helmholtz Institute Jena opens up new possibilities at the European X-ray laser European XFEL
Home > Press > Highest degree of purity achieved for polarized X-rays: Helmholtz Institute Jena opens up new possibilities at the European X-ray laser European XFEL The experiments took place at the European XFEL. CREDIT © European XFEL/Heiner Müller-Elsner Abstract:A research team was able to generate polarized X-rays with...
DARPA seeks proposals leading to in-space demonstration of nuclear thermal rocket
May 07, 2022 (Nanowerk News) DARPA is seeking proposals for Phases 2 and 3 of the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program for the design, development, fabrication, and assembly of a nuclear thermal rocket engine. The goal is to execute an in-space flight demonstration of nuclear thermal propulsion...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Self-propelled, endlessly programmable artificial cilia: Simple microstructures that bend, twist and perform stroke-like motions could be used for soft robotics, medical devices and more
Home > Press > Self-propelled, endlessly programmable artificial cilia: Simple microstructures that bend, twist and perform stroke-like motions could be used for soft robotics, medical devices and more The microstructures in a radially arranged microarray , as seen here, can perform complex traveling waves of locally interacting posts . ...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Reconfigurable silicon nanoantennas controlled by vectorial light field
Home > Press > Reconfigurable silicon nanoantennas controlled by vectorial light fieldAbstract:A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2022.210014 consider reconfigurable silicon nanoantennas controlled by vectorial light field. Reconfigurable silicon nanoantennas controlled by vectorial light field Sichuan, China | Posted on May 6th, 2022According to Mie's theory，high-index dielectric particles can...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: In balance: Quantum computing needs the right combination of order and disorder: Study shows that disorder in quantum computer chips needs to be designed to perfection / Publication in Nature Communications
Home > Press > In balance: Quantum computing needs the right combination of order and disorder: Study shows that disorder in quantum computer chips needs to be designed to perfection / Publication in Nature CommunicationsAbstract:Research conducted within the Cluster of Excellence Matter and Light for Quantum Computing (ML4Q) has analysed...
Highest degree of purity achieved for polarized X-rays
May 05, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A research team was able to generate polarized X-rays with unprecedented purity at the European XFEL in Hamburg. The experiments involved scientists from the Helmholtz Institute Jena, a branch of GSI, Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf. The method is supposed to...
Dynamic metasurfaces and metadevices empowered by graphene
May 05, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Metasurfaces, artificial subwavelength structured interfaces, exhibit unprecedented capabilities to manipulate electromagnetic (EM) waves ranging from visible to terahertz and microwave frequencies. In the past decade, static metasurfaces and metadevices have been researched extensively. Due to the passive nature of building blocks in general made of...
Researchers create flat magic window with liquid crystals
May 05, 2022 (Nanowerk News) For the first time, researchers have used liquid crystals to create a flat magic window — a transparent device that produces a hidden image when light shines on it. The technology represents a new twist on a very old light trick. Thousands of years ago,...
Nanocopper is effective against Sars-Cov-2 on surfaces
May 05, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Silver and copper ions wipe out many pathogens. That’s why implants and medical instruments, for example, are coated with these metals. Researchers from Molecular and Medical Virology and Materials Research at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), in cooperation with Surgical Research at the Bergmannsheil University Hospital in...