Month: November 2023

Nov 19, 2023 (Nanowerk News) For decades, scientists have envisioned a future where nimble robots could traverse rugged terrain and squeeze into tight spaces, ideal for search and rescue missions, industrial inspection, and medical procedures. However, traditional rigid robots built from hard materials like metals have proven ill-suited for navigating...

Home > Press > Shedding light on unique conduction mechanisms in a new type of perovskite oxide The top figure shows the snapshot for the oxide-ion migration. The red and green oxide ions move by breaking and reforming of M2O9 dimers, which enables fast oxide-ion diffusion where the M cation...

Home > Press > Silver nanoparticles: guaranteeing antimicrobial safe-tea Sometimes the simplest visit to the pharmacy can lead to results that surprise even those with a highly developed imagination. Researchers from the IPC PAS have produced nanoparticles that fight pathogens, including drug-resistant bacteria, much more effectively than some antibiotics. Photo...

Home > Press > Three-pronged approach discerns qualities of quantum spin liquids An illustration of the lattice examined by Phil Anderson in the early ‘70s. Shown as green ellipses, pairs of quantum particles fluctuated among multiple combinations to produce a spin liquid state. CREDIT Allen Scheie/Los Alamos National...

Home > Press > Inverted perovskite solar cell breaks 25% efficiency record: Researchers improve cell efficiency using a combination of molecules to address different Northwestern University researchers have raised the standards again for perovskite solar cells with a new development that helped the emerging technology hit new records for efficiency. ...

Home > Press > All aquatic species in river mouths are contaminated by microplastics Microplastic debris on Trabucador beach in the Ebro Delta (Spain). CREDIT (Author: Michael Grelaud/ ICTA-UAB) Abstract:All aquatic species in the river mouths flowing into the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean are contaminated with microplastics,...

Home > Press > Night-time radiative warming using the atmosphere (a) Schematic diagram of the radiative heat exchange among the atmosphere, the outer space, and the surfaces. (b) Measured absorptivity / emissivity. (c) Real-time temperature in thermal test. (d) Calculated annual energy-saving for anti-condensation of 10 cities in various climate...

Home > Press > A new kind of magnetism In the moir material produced at ETH, the electron spins are disordered if there is exactly one electron per lattice site (left). As soon as there are more electrons than lattice sites (right) and pairs of electrons can form doublons (red),...

Home > Press > New tools will help study quantum chemistry aboard the International Space Station: Rochester Professor Nicholas Bigelow helped develop experiments conducted at NASA’s Cold Atom Lab to probe the fundamental nature of the world around us Abstract:At NASA’s Cold Atom Lab facility aboard the International Space Station,...

Home > Press > New laser setup probes metamaterial structures with ultrafast pulses: The technique could speed up the development of acoustic lenses, impact-resistant films, and other futuristic materials This optical micrograph shows an array of microscopic metamaterial samples on a reflective substrate. Laser pulses have been digitally added, depicting...