Oct 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Under the microscope, researchers often observe different cell types organizing themselves in peculiar patterns within tissues, or sometimes a rare cell type that stands out by occupying a unique position, exhibiting an unusual shape, or expressing a specific biomarker molecule. To determine the deeper meaning...
Nanomaterial from the Middle Ages
Oct 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) To gild sculptures in the late Middle Ages, artists often applied ultra-thin gold foil supported by a silver base layer. For the first time, scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have managed to produce nanoscale 3D images of this material, known as Zwischgold. The...
Flexible solar cells with record efficiency of 22.2%
Oct 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Empa researchers have – once again – improved the efficiency of CIGS flexible solar cells. Independently certified measurements revealed a power conversion efficiency of 22.2% to convert light into electricity, an improvement from their previous record value of 21.4%. To compare, the best efficiency of...
Mathematical formula tackles complex moral decision-making in AI
Oct 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) An interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed a blueprint for creating algorithms that more effectively incorporate ethical guidelines into artificial intelligence (AI) decision-making programs. The project was focused specifically on technologies in which humans interact with AI programs, such as virtual assistants or “carebots” used...
Precise high-speed trajectory tracking and multi-target detection with a novel position sensitive detector
Oct 10, 2022 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Reporting their findings in Advanced Materials ("Time-division Position Sensitive Detector Image System for High-speed Multitarget Trajectory Tracking"), researchers in the School of Physics at Southeast University in Nanjing, China, demonstrate a multitarget real-time trajectory tracking system by using a time-division position sensitive detector (TD-PSD) system...
A new process to build 2D materials made possible by quantum calculations
Oct 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Quantum calculations performed by researchers from the University of Surrey have allowed scientists to discover new âphasesâ of two-dimensional (2D) material that could be used to develop the next generation of fuel-cells devices (Nanoscale Horizons, "Evolution of ordered nanoporous phases during h-BN growth: controlling the...