Apr 23, 2025 A new method could enable stretchable ceramics, glass, and metals, for tear-proof textiles or stretchy semiconductors. (Nanowerk News) In metamaterials design, the name of the game has long been “stronger is better.” Metamaterials are synthetic materials with microscopic structures that give the overall material exceptional properties. A...
New electronic skin could enable lightweight night-vision glasses
Apr 23, 2025 Engineers developed ultrathin electronic films that sense heat and other signals, and could reduce the bulk of conventional goggles and scopes. (Nanowerk News) MIT engineers have developed a technique to grow and peel ultrathin “skins” of electronic material. The method could pave the way for new classes...
‘Periodic table of machine learning’ could fuel AI discovery
Apr 23, 2025 Researchers have created a unifying framework that can help scientists combine existing ideas to improve AI models or create new ones. (Nanowerk News) MIT researchers have created a periodic table that shows how more than 20 classical machine-learning algorithms are connected. The new framework sheds light on...
Revolutionary microscope reveals quantum dance of atoms in twisted graphene
Apr 23, 2025 Scientists use a novel cryogenic Quantum Twisting Microscope to reveal how electrons interact with phasons in twisted graphene, offering insights into superconductivity. (Nanowerk News) In new research published in Nature ("Quantum twisting microscopy of phonons in twisted bilayer graphene"), Weizmann Institute scientists introduce a powerful tool to...
Ultrafast plasmon-enhanced magnetic bit switching at the nanoscale
Apr 23, 2025 Researchers have demonstrated a successful way to control and manipulate nanoscale magnetic bits using an ultrafast laser pulse and plasmonic gold nanostructures. (Nanowerk News) All-optical, helicity-independent magnetization switching (AO-HIS) is one of the most interesting and promising mechanisms for this endeavor, where the magnetization state can be...
Single neuromorphic transistor integrates sensing memory and learning for efficient artificial vision
Apr 23, 2025 A layered transistor design combines light detection optical memory and neuromorphic processing in one unit offering compact and efficient artificial vision hardware. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Artificial vision systems rely on three separate modules: sensors to detect light, memory units to store visual input, and processors to interpret the...
Scientists propose new method to study evolution of matter in early universe
Apr 23, 2025 Scientists have proposed a key indicator that may reveal the emergence of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) by analyzing particle 'fingerprints' generated in heavy-ion collisions. (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have proposed a key indicator that may...