Nano-optical sensor technology for buulding safety monitoring

Nov 05, 2024 (Nanowerk News) As buildings age, the demand for effective monitoring of their structural integrity has grown significantly. A breakthrough in nano-optical sensor technology now enables precise, real-time measurement of structural deformation and stability. This innovation promises to reshape the field of structural diagnostics, offering a cost-effective, time-efficient...

Pioneering scalable hole-spin qubits for quantum computing

Nov 02, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A team led by UNSW Sydney, in collaboration with Australian start-up Diraq, opens in a new window, has reached a major milestone by demonstrating hole-spin qubits using industry standard silicon manufacturing processes. Hole-spins – positively charged particles in semiconductors – have the potential to revolutionise...

New laser process creates multipurpose graphene material to enhance space exploration equipment

Nov 01, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Space equipment must perform complex functions while operating in extreme conditions. A telescope's sensors require protection from stray light that can ruin astronomical observations, while simultaneously managing temperature swings that can distort images. Astronauts need constant health monitoring, but current sensors restrict movement and add...

Blockchain based intrusion detection algorithm for IoT

Nov 01, 2024 (Nanowerk News) In the Internet of Things, the network devices have been more vulnerable to various intrusion attacks. Most of the existing algorithms are trained in a centralized manner, which may cause external communication cost and privacy leakage. Besides, traditional model training manners are incapable to identify...