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Machine learning speeds platinum nanocatalyst discovery and stops high temperature sintering

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A fast and accurate surrogate model screens over 10,000 possible metal-oxide supports for a platinum nanocatalyst to prevent sintering under high temperatures.

Nov 25, 2025

How borophene turns oxygen from battery hazard to power source

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Hydrogenated borophene with cobalt nickel compounds enables stable lithium hydroxide chemistry in water, activating oxygen sites for high energy storage and exceptional cycling performance in aqueous devices.

Nov 25, 2025

Graphenix and KleanTeQ launch graphene-enhanced sportswear and lifestyle clothing line

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Graphenix, a Thailand-based company that specializes in lifestyle products, and KleanTeQ, a Thailand-based innovation company specializing in advanced textiles and protective products, have joined forces to launch a new line of high-performance sp...

Nov 25, 2025

Nanowire platform reveals elusive astrocytes in their natural state

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists have engineered a nanowire platform that mimics brain tissue to study astrocytes, the star-shaped cells critical for brain health, for the first time in their natural state.

Nov 24, 2025

Manufacturing the world's tiniest light-emitting diodes

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Miniaturization ranks as the driving force behind the semiconductor industry. The tremendous gains in computer performance since the 1950s are largely due to the fact that ever smaller structures can be manufactured on silicon chips.

Nov 24, 2025

Record-setting charge mobility in germanium-silicon material points to energy-saving quantum chips

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Most modern semiconductors are fabricated of or on silicon (Si), but as devices get smaller and denser, they dissipate more power and, as a result, are reaching their physical limits. Germanium (Ge)—once used in the first transistors of the 1950s—...

Nov 24, 2025

Sloshing ferrofluids harness vibration energy: A new spin on powering tomorrow's wearables and IoT

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Modern devices, from fitness trackers and smart garments to Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, require compact and sustainable power sources. In new research published in Scientific Reports, scientists present an energy harvester based on a horizon...

Nov 24, 2025

Novel nanowire platform reveals elusive astrocytes

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have engineered a nanowire platform that mimics brain tissue to study astrocytes, the star-shaped cells critical for brain health, for the first time in their natural state.

Nov 24, 2025

Scientists capture footage of crystals growing in liquid metal

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have successfully grown platinum crystals in liquid metal, using a powerful X-ray technique giving rare insight into how these delicate crystals form and grow.

Nov 24, 2025

Germanium on silicon sets mobility record for next-generation chips

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A strained germanium epilayer on silicon achieves a record hole mobility, enabling faster low-power electronics and scalable quantum-ready semiconductor platforms.

Nov 24, 2025

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