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Zig-zag lightning could be mediated by metastable oxygen

Lightning flashes have distinctive zig-zag shapes and physicists have long wondered why. Now,  John Lowke...

Cleaner vacuum environments deliver experimental and manufacturing gains

A new partnership between ANCORP and LOS Vacuum Products will enable scientists and engineers to optimize the vacuum conditions for their...

How science behind epidemics helped physicists to develop state-of-the-art conductive paint

Dec 20, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In new research published in Nature Communications ("Explosive percolation yields highly-conductive polymer nanocomposites"), University of Sussex scientists demonstrate how a highly...

Charging up with carbon nanotubes

Dec 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have created vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes on metal foils that could be...

Deflection of a near-Earth asteroid by DART is the Physics World 2022 Breakthrough of the Year

The Physics World 2022 Breakthrough of the Year goes to NASA and a team led by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in the US for...

Can Bitcoin survive a Carrington Event knocking out the grid?

“In a massive solar storm, which would be hugely damaging to a modern economy’s infrastructure, the blockchain parts might well be the only parts...

Nanomaterial can indirectly affect the immune system via the gut microbiome, study shows

The nanomaterial graphene oxide-;which is used in everything from electronics to sensors for biomolecules-;can indirectly affect the immune system via the gut microbiome, as...

Toshiba develops SiC MOSFET with check-pattern embedded Schottky barrier diodes

News: Microelectronics 9 December 2022 At the 68th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM 2022) in San Francisco (3–7 December), Japan-based Toshiba Electronic...

New method uses light to change long-term behavior of neurons

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and MIT have developed a new method to target diseased...

New materials for the computer of the future

Dec 09, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Novel materials could revolutionise computer technology. Research conducted by scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI using the Swiss...

Stresses In Chips Affecting Reliability At Advanced Nodes

Thermal-induced stress is now one of the leading causes of transistor failures, and it is becoming a top focus chipmakers as more and different...

A Janus carbon electrocatalyst can balance the intrinsic activity and electronic conductivity

Dec 08, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Carbon-based electrocatalysts are considered as promising alternatives to the state-of-the-art precious metal catalysts. Heteroatom doping can effectively create highly...

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