https://www.nanowerk.com/ Nanotechnology Nanotechnology news headlines from Nanowerk Copyright Nanowerk LLC https://www.nanowerk.com/ https://www.nanowerk.com/images/NWlogo.jpg en-us Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:28:52 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/green/newsid=69902.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/green/newsid=69902.php A two-sided design prevents fouling and maintains efficient evaporation, helping address a key barrier to treating complex water sources.]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:28:40 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=69901.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=69901.php Programmable polymer shells keep engineered bacteria metabolically active during delivery, then restore growth and local drug production inside tumors while reducing toxicity in mice.]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:03:42 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69898.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69898.php A sublayer chemistry strategy creates new lanthanide MXenes that combine semiconducting behavior with low-temperature ferromagnetism in a single material.]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:22:49 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69895.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69895.php A new atom holography microscope uses a focused SEM beam to map 3D atomic arrangements in nanoscale regions with about 0.1 angstrom accuracy.]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:09:50 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=69894.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=69894.php An organic-solvent-free process turns waste PET bottles into rod-shaped MOF crystals that generate electricity from seawater evaporation while preserving more of the plastic's value.]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:49:32 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69893.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69893.php This discovery paves the way for ultrafast optical computing, new telecommunication systems and eventually new types of terahertz lasers.]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:13:59 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69892.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69892.php A research team has developed a terbium-doped AlGaN LED that emits blue, green, yellow, and red light from the same area, with no detectable wavelength shift as the drive current changes. ]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:04:17 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/robotics/newsid=69891.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/robotics/newsid=69891.php A heat-managing receiver converted green light into electricity at 38.49% efficiency and powered an aircraft propeller in a stationary proof-of-concept test.]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:48:44 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69890.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69890.php Researchers have discovered that mechanical strain also induces chirality in non-chiral crystals, opening a new direction to control this property on demand and potentially imprint chiral electronic properties.]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:38:25 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69888.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69888.php Table-top all-attosecond spectroscopy tracks a three-femtosecond electron-hole oscillation in xenon ions without a strong infrared probe.]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 06:46:05 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69887.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69887.php Kitchen cling film enables large, atom-thin material sheets to be transferred onto patterned surfaces without cracking, simplifying 2D device fabrication.]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 06:08:32 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=69886.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=69886.php A color changing neuromorphic transistor uses ion movement to retain recent tactile signals and display pressure patterns, linking short term electrical memory with visible feedback.]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:56:07 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/green/newsid=69884.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/green/newsid=69884.php Researchers created a cerium engineered bismuth nanosheet catalyst that converts carbon dioxide to formate with high efficiency and 115 hour stability.]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:14:57 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69883.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69883.php A new quantum sensing technique could enable measurements of single protein structures and other important molecules, with potential applications in drug discovery and structural biology.]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 04:40:25 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69882.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69882.php Researchers are developing fish-like swimming nanorobots that could make lithium recovery from seawater more efficient and help strengthen the domestic supply of a critical mineral.]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:15:34 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69881.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69881.php A self-cleaning biosensor could continuously monitor infected wounds despite blood buildup, tracking bacterial spread and treatment response in real time.]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:36:07 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69880.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69880.php Tunable graphene hydrogel sensors can pick up biological signals through hair, sweat, bending and stretching.]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:21:09 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69879.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69879.php Social amoebae communicate through chemical signals, vesicles and nanotubes that connect cells and transfer organelles across distances up to 100 microns.]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:13:00 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69877.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69877.php A new approach for optimizing magnonic crystal design using inverse design has discovered nontrivial but high-performing magnetic nanostructures.]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:14:41 -1000 https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69876.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=69876.php Researchers have created new chiral nanocarbons with unusual shapes and properties, including a double helix and molecules that emit spiraling light.]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:57:49 -1000