Apr 25, 2025 New study debunks a single planet-formation scenario. (Nanowerk News) Using the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet), an international team of researchers has discovered that super-Earth exoplanets are more common across the universe than previously thought, according to a new study. By studying light anomalies made by the...
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The ‘spacecraft speedometer’ is a new, innovative way to track satellites
Apr 25, 2025 A new instrument can predict satellite location without the use of GPS. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the United States Air Force Academy have developed a novel instrument called the Spacecraft Speedometer — a compact, resource-efficient device — capable of determining the velocity...
An earth-abundant mineral for sustainable spintronics
Apr 25, 2025 Iron-rich hematite, commonly found in rocks and soil, turns out to have magnetic properties that make it a promising material for ultrafast next-generation computing. (Nanowerk News) In 2023, EPFL researchers succeeded in sending and storing data using charge-free magnetic waves called spin waves, rather than traditional electron...
Artificial mitochondrial nanorobots deliver energy to damaged hearts through oral administration
Apr 24, 2025 Scientists have developed oral nanorobots that target damaged heart tissue, deliver energy, and repair mitochondrial function, offering a novel approach to treating ischemic heart disease. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Mitochondria serve as cellular power plants, converting nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (ATP) – the energy molecule that fuels cellular functions....
‘Tattooing’ living tardigrades with nanoscale patterns
Apr 24, 2025 New ice lithography method enables creation of nanoscale patterns on living tardigrades, advancing integration of biological systems with technology for sensing and monitoring. (Nanowerk Spotlight) The merging of engineered microscopic patterns with living organisms promises to revolutionize medicine, environmental monitoring, and biological research. Imagine microscopic markers that...
Mysteriously mundane turbulence revealed in 2D superfluid
Apr 24, 2025 Researchers have developed a new tool for measuring velocities in a Bose-Einstein condensate superfluid and applied it to studying superfluid turbulence. (Nanowerk News) Despite existing everywhere, the quantum world is a foreign place where many of the rules of daily life don’t apply. Quantum objects jump through...
Nanophotonic platform boosts efficiency of nonlinear-optical quantum teleportation
Apr 24, 2025 Nanophotonic platform enables single-photon nonlinear quantum communication, solving efficiency barriers that hindered previous implementation attempts. (Nanowerk News) Researchers have long recognized that quantum communication systems would transmit quantum information more faithfully and be impervious to certain forms of error if nonlinear optical processes were used. However, past...
FRESH bioprinting brings vascularized tissue one step closer
Apr 24, 2025 Using their novel Freeform Reversible Embedding of Suspended Hydrogels (FRESH) 3D bioprinting technique, which allows for the printing of soft living cells and tissues, researchers built a first-of-its-kind microphysiologic system, or tissue model, entirely out of collagen. (Nanowerk News) Collagen is well-known as an important component of...
Engineers print synthetic metamaterials that are both strong and stretchy
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...