Month: March 2025

Mar 05, 2025 New compact robust hexapod from PI for 24/7 industrial operation. (Nanowerk News) The H-815 6-Axis Hexapod is a ruggedized, highly accurate, positioning and alignment system designed for continuous 24/7 operation in demanding industrial motion applications. Engineered as a durable parallel kinematic machine for high-precision alignment tasks, it...

Mar 05, 2025 A team of researchers has created washable and durable magnetic field sensing electronic textiles - thought to be the first of their kind - which they say paves the way to transform use in clothing. (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers from Nottingham Trent University (UK), Helmholtz-Zentrum...

Mar 05, 2025 Researchers devised a new method for designing metals and alloys that can withstand extreme impacts, which could lead to the development of automobiles, aircraft and armor that can better endure high-speed impacts, extreme heat and stress. (Nanowerk News) A Cornell University-led collaboration devised a new method for...

Mar 05, 2025 Bacteria build nanoweapons when their cell envelope is damaged, striking back with precision. Researchers triggered this response using an ultra-sharp tip. (Nanowerk News) Some bacteria deploy tiny spearguns to retaliate against rival attacks. Researchers at the University of Basel mimicked attacks by poking bacteria with an ultra-sharp...

Mar 05, 2025 Scientists encased nanodiamonds in tiny moving droplets of water to improve quantum sensing. The new technique lets researchers detect trace amounts of certain ions and molecules. (Nanowerk News) Combine a garden-variety green laser, microwaves with roughly the energy of your wi-fi, and some diamond dust in drops...

Mar 05, 2025 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Coastal cities, farms, and industries need both fresh water and electricity to function. These essential resources typically require separate, energy-intensive systems to produce - desalination plants to purify seawater and power plants to generate electricity. Engineers have long sought ways to make these processes more...

Mar 05, 2025 Researchers show that Cartan's First Structure Equation links crystal defects to the same mathematical rules governing electric currents and magnetic fields. (Nanowerk News) A fundamental goal of physics is to explain the broadest range of phenomena with the fewest underlying principles. Remarkably, seemingly disparate problems often exhibit...

Mar 05, 2025 Researchers improved organic solar cell fabrication by controlling molecular assembly, enhancing efficiency and stability, bringing the technology closer to commercial viability. (Nanowerk News) A new study (Advanced Materials, "Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Mediated Assembly of Donor Polymers Enhances Efficiency and Stability of Blade-Coated Organic Solar Cells") by researchers...

Mar 05, 2025 Researchers review advances in cadmium-free QLEDs, tackling challenges in blue emission, device stability, and color patterning to pave the way for eco-friendly displays. (Nanowerk News) A new publication from Opto-Electronic Sciences; discusses eco-friendly quantum-dot light-emitting diode display technologies ("Eco-friendly quantum-dot light-emitting diode display technologies: prospects and challenges")....

Mar 04, 2025 Researchers introduce the hypotaxy technique for growth of wafer-scale single-crystal 2D semiconductors, overcoming the limitations of existing processes. (Nanowerk News) College of Engineering at Seoul National University announced that a research team led by Professor Gwan-Hyoung Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, in collaboration...