Jul 29, 2025 A silicon-lithium niobate metasurface controls light through air at gigahertz speeds, advancing compact systems for optical communication and signal routing. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Optical systems that transmit and manipulate light through air—rather than confining it within fibers or waveguides—are essential for technologies like wireless communication, high-resolution sensing, and...
Researchers develop neural network for large-scale celestial object classification
Chinese Academy of Sciences. "Researchers develop neural network for large-scale celestial object classification." Nanowerk, 29 July 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=67284.php. Chinese Academy of Sciences. (2025, July 29). Researchers develop neural network for large-scale celestial object classification. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=67284.php Chinese Academy of Sciences, "Researchers develop neural network for large-scale celestial object classification," Nanowerk,...
AI-powered robot assembles search and rescue cyborg insects
Jul 29, 2025 Scientists have built the world's first automated cyborg insect 'factory line'. (Nanowerk News) This new prototype robotic system automates the attachment of miniature electronic backpacks on the back of Madagascar hissing cockroaches, turning them into insect-hybrid robots. This new assembly method significantly reduces preparation time and human...
Stable skyrmion bags created in thin ferromagnetic films
Max Born Institute. "Stable skyrmion bags created in thin ferromagnetic films." Nanowerk, 28 July 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67272.php. Max Born Institute. (2025, July 28). Stable skyrmion bags created in thin ferromagnetic films. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67272.php Max Born Institute, "Stable skyrmion bags created in thin ferromagnetic films," Nanowerk, July 28, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67272.php.
Programmable robotic skin heals, reshapes, and dissolves on demand
Jul 28, 2025 A dynamic silicone-based material enables pressure sensors that reshape, heal damage, and disassemble, offering new capabilities for soft robotics and wearables. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Machines that interact with people and their environment—whether in the form of wearable medical sensors, soft robotic grippers, or surgical instruments—require a surface that...
Template-guided synthesis enables efficient design of functional molecular cages
Jul 28, 2025 Researchers efficiently synthesize functionalized oligophenylene cages using covalent templates and cooperative intermolecular coupling. (Nanowerk News) Template-assisted synthesis dramatically improves the yield of functionalized oligophenylene cages, report researchers from Japan. By using covalent templates to guide a six-fold Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction, the researchers achieved significantly higher yields of...
Metalenses gain durability, adaptive optics, and self-cleaning capability
Chinese Academy of Sciences. "Metalenses gain durability, adaptive optics, and self-cleaning capability." Nanowerk, 28 July 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67276.php. Chinese Academy of Sciences. (2025, July 28). Metalenses gain durability, adaptive optics, and self-cleaning capability. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67276.php Chinese Academy of Sciences, "Metalenses gain durability, adaptive optics, and self-cleaning capability," Nanowerk, July 28, 2025,...
New spectrometer Is small enough to fit on your phone
North Carolina State University. "New spectrometer Is small enough to fit on your phone." Nanowerk, 28 July 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67277.php. North Carolina State University. (2025, July 28). New spectrometer Is small enough to fit on your phone. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67277.php North Carolina State University, "New spectrometer Is small enough to fit on...