Feb 02, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers find the key to reducing drag on superhydrophobic surfaces can come down to a single parameter. Sometimes, the most complex problems can be solved with the simplest approaches. Such was the case for researchers at UC Santa Barbara as they tried to resolve a...
Researchers devise a new path toward ‘quantum light’
Feb 02, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers have theorised a new mechanism to generate high-energy ‘quantum light’, which could be used to investigate new properties of matter at the atomic scale. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, along with colleagues from the US, Israel and Austria, developed a theory describing...
An ultra-stable protein nanowire made by bacteria provides clues to combating climate change
Feb 02, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Accelerated climate change is a major and acute threat to life on Earth. Rising temperatures are caused atmospheric methane which is 30-times more potent than CO2 at trapping heat. Microbes are responsible for generating half of this methane and elevated temperatures are also accelerating microbial...
With nanoeffects towards new joining processes
Feb 02, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Gordon Moore was right. In April 1965, the US engineer and later co-founder of Intel predicted that the number of transistors on a chip would double about every two years. To this day, this development continues with nearly the same speed – also because chip...
Researchers create first supermode optical resonator
Feb 02, 2023 (Nanowerk News) What does it take for scientists to push beyond the current limits of knowledge? Researchers in Federico Capasso’s group at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed an effective formula. “Dream big, question everything we know, question the...
Artificial intelligence improves efficiency of genome editing
Feb 02, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the University of Zurich have developed a new tool that uses artificial intelligence to predict the efficacy of various genome-editing repair options. Unintentional errors in the correction of DNA mutations of genetic diseases can thus be reduced. Genome editing technologies offer great opportunities...
New method reveals nano-scale drug molecules in cells
Feb 02, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and partners within the Chemical Imaging Infrastructure have produced a method whereby it is possible to see at the nano level where a medicinal drug ends up in the cells and how much of it is needed for optimum...
Thin, lightweight layer provides radiation barrier for perovskites in space, protection from elements on Earth
Feb 01, 2023 (Nanowerk News) An ultrathin protective coating proves sufficient to protect a perovskite solar cell from the harmful effects of space and harden it against environmental factors on Earth, according to newly published research from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The research is...
The rise of spintronics technology
Feb 01, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Spintronics is a technology that utilizes the spin of electrons – in addition to their charge – in order to store and process information. Unlike traditional electronics, which rely on the movement of electrons to perform their functions, spintronics uses the intrinsic angular momentum of...
Chemically functionalized polymer nanoparticles as lubricants for stainless steel
Feb 01, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Mineral oil lubricants protect engine parts from wear, and this effect is enhanced by adding polymer nanoparticles to the lubricating oil. A UK team has now discovered that epoxy functionalization of these nanoparticles further promotes friction reduction on metal surfaces. As the team reports in...