Nov 30, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Even the best water filters let some things through, but designing improved materials and then testing them is time consuming and difficult. Now, researchers in ACS Central Science ("Inverse Design of Pore Wall Chemistry To Control Solute Transport and Selectivity") report that artificial intelligence (AI)...
A black hole has been seen ripping apart a star
Nov 30, 2022 (Nanowerk News) International astronomers, including some Aussies, have been able to piece together data showing that a supermassive black hole has been snacking on a nearby star. These star chomping events are known as tidal disruption events (TDE), and the researchers say they have been able to...
New iSenseDNA project focuses advanced biotechnology
Nov 30, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Understanding how a specific molecule behaves during complex biological processes is a challenge facing biomedical research, despite major biotechnological progress made in recent years. A major new EU project, iSenseDNA, is now focusing on developing a technology to identify what a change in the structure...
Scientists combine topology and AI with free energy to automate the interpretation of nanomagnetic device microscopy
Nov 29, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Microscopic image data is key to developing low-power, high-speed electronic devices. However, the complex interactions in nanoscale magnetic materials are difficult to understand. A research group from Japan realized a new functional design theory called "extended Landau free energy model" that combines topology and artificial...
New solar panels from solar panel waste
Nov 29, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Solar energy is good news for planet Earth – but solar panels are not as climate-friendly as they should be. Researcher Martin Bellmann is using what he calls the ‘black gold’ waste materials from solar panel manufacture to make new panels. Solar energy is clean...
Graphene goes to space and to the moon
Nov 29, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Graphene Flagship Partners University of Cambridge (UK) and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB, Belgium) paired up with the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC, United Arab Emirates), and the European Space Agency (ESA) to test graphene on the Moon. This joint effort sees the involvement...
Flexible carbon nanofiber strain sensor design achieves sensitivity, range metrics for lip-reading system
Nov 29, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Wearable, flexible strain sensors unobtrusively monitor tiny vibrations of human skin in real time and with great accuracy, thanks to innovative fabrication techniques using composite materials. High sensitivity and a wide working range are key parameters for a high-quality strain sensor, but it’s difficult to...
Magnetic nanomaterial mops up microplastics in water
Nov 29, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at RMIT University have found an innovative way to rapidly remove hazardous microplastics from water using magnets. Lead researcher Professor Nicky Eshtiaghi said existing methods could take days to remove microplastics from water, while their cheap and sustainable invention achieves better results in just...
Engineers use quantum computing to develop transparent window coating that blocks heat
Nov 30, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Cooling accounts for about 15 percent of global energy consumption. Conventional clear windows allow the sun to heat up interior spaces, which energy-guzzling air-conditioners must then cool down. But what if a window could help cool the room, use no energy and preserve the view?...
Unveiling the mechanism of the metal-to-insulator transition in ruthenium phosphide suggests a new way of looking at solids
Nov 30, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A group from Nagoya University in Japan has discovered a never-before-seen form of ruthenium phosphide with an unusual configuration of atoms and electrons in its cooled state. This may resolve the puzzle of how a metal can be a conductor at high temperatures, but an...