Jun 06, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with research groups from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and Fudan University, have developed a fatigue-free ferroelectric material based on sliding ferroelectricity....
Planet-forming disks around very low-mass stars are different
Jun 06, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Planets form in disks of gas and dust, orbiting young stars. The MIRI Mid-INfrared Disk Survey (MINDS), led by Thomas Henning from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg, Germany, aims to establish a representative disk sample. By exploring their chemistry and physical...
Calcium oxide’s quantum secret: nearly noiseless qubits
Jun 06, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Calcium oxide is a cheap, chalky chemical compound commonly used in the manufacturing of cement, plaster, paper, and steel. But the material may soon have a more high-tech application. UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering researchers and their collaborator in Sweden have used theoretical and...
Researchers upend theory about the formation of the Milky Way Galaxy
Jun 06, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Heidi Jo Newberg, Ph.D., professor of astronomy; Tom Donlon, Ph.D., a visiting researcher at Rensselaer and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Alabama; and their team have recently published research (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, "The debris of the...
3D printing revolutionizes rapid prototyping of high-precision optical lenses
Jun 06, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Optical lenses play a crucial role in a vast array of applications, from microscopy and astronomy to photography, medical devices, and machine vision systems. Traditionally, the fabrication of these lenses has relied on a complex, multi-step process involving grinding, polishing, molding, and coating. Each step...
Risk for babies in the womb
Jun 06, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Little is yet known about the health effects of nanoparticles on pregnancy. An interdisciplinary team led by Empa researchers is currently analyzing the risks for babies in the womb. Using a lab model, the researchers were able to determine that certain nanoparticles impair the release...
Better farming through nanotechnology
Jun 06, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Advanced technologies enable the controlled release of medicine to specific cells in the body. Scientists argue these same technologies must be applied to agriculture if growers are to meet increasing global food demands. In a new Nature Nanotechnology journal review paper ("Towards realizing nano-enabled precision...
Enhancing superconductivity of graphene-calcium superconductors
Jun 05, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity with zero resistance when they are cooled below a certain critical temperature. They have applications in several fields, including magnetic resonance imaging, particle accelerators, electric power, and quantum computing. However, their widespread use is limited by the need...