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This flat chip uses twisted light to reveal hidden images

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Using advanced metasurfaces, researchers can now twist light to uncover hidden images and detect molecular handedness, potentially revolutionizing data encryption, biosensing, and drug safety.

Jul 17, 2025

AI and light-powered nanothermometer maps heat inside living tissue

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed an AI-driven nanothermometer that uses invisible light to create 3D temperature maps inside living tissue, enabling safer, noninvasive diagnostics.

Jul 16, 2025

Light reveals secrets encoded in chiral metasurfaces

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

By leveraging the concept of chirality, or the difference of a shape from its mirror image, scientists have engineered an optical metasurface that controls light to yield a simple and versatile technique for secure encryption, sensing, and computing.

Jul 16, 2025

Graphene Manufacturing Group granted battery patent and signs Queensland University research deal

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Graphene Manufacturing Group (GMG) has been granted a patent in Australia for its Graphene Aluminum Ion Battery, with the company progressing its patenting process in various other countries. The University of Queensland (UQ) holds the patent and ...

Jul 16, 2025

Chemically enriched carbon nanotube films boost photo-thermoelectric imaging performance

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Led by Assistant Professor Kou Li, a research group in Chuo University, Japan, has developed chemically enriched photo-thermoelectric (PTE) imagers using semiconducting carbon nanotube (CNT) films, resulting in the achievement of enhanced response...

Jul 15, 2025

New AI tool deciphers mysteries of nanoparticle motion in liquid environments

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanoparticles—the tiniest building blocks of our world—are constantly in motion, bouncing, shifting, and drifting in unpredictable paths shaped by invisible forces and random environmental fluctuations.

Jul 15, 2025

2D materials design: Material strength and toughness simultaneously achieved through layer twisting

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The mechanical strength and toughness of engineering materials are often mutually exclusive, posing challenges for material design and selection. To address this, a research team from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has uncovered an i...

Jul 15, 2025

Realizing on-site carbon nanotube photo-thermoelectric imaging

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Chemically enriched photo-thermoelectric imagers built from semiconducting carbon nanotube films show improved signal response and reduced noise, enabling more efficient remote and on-site inspections.

Jul 15, 2025

Novel approach reduces alloy microstructure prediction from years to minutes

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers develop a novel method to predict alloy microstructures with unprecedented speed and accuracy.

Jul 15, 2025

AI model reveals hidden patterns in nanoparticle motion

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new AI tool trained on real microscopy data simulates nanoparticle movement with high accuracy, helping scientists decode atomic-scale behavior in complex environments.

Jul 15, 2025

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