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Autonomous lab reduces discovery of best-in-class quantum dots from years to hours

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

It can take years of focused laboratory work to determine how to make the highest quality materials for use in electronic and photonic devices. Researchers have now developed an autonomous system that can identify how to synthesize 'best-in-c...

Nov 13, 2023

Mode-Locked Laser Made to the Size of an Optical Chip

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center and the California Institute of Technology (CalTech) have shrunk a mode-locked laser (MLL) to the size of an optical chip with an integrated nanophotonic platform. The results...

Nov 13, 2023

Ultra-white ceramic cools buildings with record-high 99.6% reflectivity

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists in Hong Kong have demonstrated a new ultra-white ceramic material that can drastically cool buildings by reflecting sunlight and heat at record highs. The beetle-inspired material gets its ability from its nanostructure, stays tough to ...

Nov 13, 2023

The Secret to Longer-Lasting Batteries Might be in How Soap Works, New Study Says

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers found that one of the most promising electrolytes for designing longer-lasting lithium batteries has complex nanostructures that act like micelle structures do in soaped water.

Nov 12, 2023

The New Building Blocks of Quantum Tech: Quantum Dots and Twisted Light

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Generation of nearly deterministic OAM-based entangled states offers a bridge between photonic technologies for quantum advancements.

Nov 12, 2023

Cheap and efficient ethanol catalyst from laser-melted nanoparticles

NanoDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

In a significant leap for renewable energy technology, researchers at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN) in Cracow have developed a copper-based catalyst that challenges the reigning supremacy of platinum ...

Nov 12, 2023

Researchers envision lifelike artificial organisms from self-sculpting electronics

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Recent advances allow electronic materials to reshape themselves, leading researchers to envision artificial organisms made of self-assembling, self-repairing electronic modules.

Nov 11, 2023

New project called GRAPHERGIA to revolutionize energy harvesting in textiles and battery technology

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

A consortium of 11 partners from six European countries has launched the GRAPHERGIA project, an ambitious 3.5-year Research and Innovation program, funded by €4.5 million under the Horizon Europe's Graphene Flagship initiative.

Nov 11, 2023

SONATE-2’s Space Odyssey: Testing AI’s Limits in Space

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

SONATE-2, a nanosatellite developed by JMU Würzburg, is slated for a March 2024 launch to test AI technologies in space.

Nov 10, 2023

CÚRAM researchers make breakthrough in cell visualization

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

CÚRAM researchers at University of Galway, together with colleagues at the Centre for Molecular Nanometrology at University of Strathclyde have published work unveiling the inner workings of cells.

Nov 10, 2023

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