Aug 15, 2025 Physicists have begun using the gigantic magnetic fields of galaxy clusters to observe distant black holes in their search for an elusive particle that has stumped scientists for decades. (Nanowerk News) It is a story of extremes that are hard to fathom. The heaviest structures in the...
Researchers show how to use defects to improve spintronic devices
Chinese Academy of Sciences. "Researchers show how to use defects to improve spintronic devices." Nanowerk, 15 August 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67406.php. Chinese Academy of Sciences. (2025, August 15). Researchers show how to use defects to improve spintronic devices. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67406.php Chinese Academy of Sciences, "Researchers show how to use defects to improve...
Ultrafast centrifugal microfluidics for precise nanoparticle synthesis
Aug 15, 2025 A lab-on-a-disc system enables 90 precise and reproducible nanoparticle syntheses in minutes by automatically controlling reagent concentrations across parallel reactions with minimal manual input. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Creating a library of nanoparticles with slightly different shapes or sizes usually means preparing dozens of separate reaction tubes, measuring reagents...
Are they star clusters or extreme dwarf galaxies?
University of Bonn. "Are they star clusters or extreme dwarf galaxies?." Nanowerk, 15 August 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=67407.php. University of Bonn. (2025, August 15). Are they star clusters or extreme dwarf galaxies?. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=67407.php University of Bonn, "Are they star clusters or extreme dwarf galaxies?," Nanowerk, August 15, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=67407.php.
New thin-film material opens the door to larger and more versatile X-ray detectors
Aug 15, 2025 Researchers create a scalable thin-film X-ray material, enabling large-area, customizable detectors for medicine, industry, security and science. (Nanowerk News) Most people picture a doctor checking for a broken bone when they think of an X-ray. But the technology is just as important in places like airport security,...
AI helps design nanoparticles to improve delivery of RNA vaccines and other therapies (w/video)
Aug 15, 2025 Using artificial intelligence, researchers have come up with a new way to design nanoparticles that can more efficiently deliver RNA vaccines and other types of RNA therapies. (Nanowerk News) Using artificial intelligence, MIT researchers have come up with a new way to design nanoparticles that can more...
Phage-inspired nanomotors target hard-to-treat pneumonia bacteria
Aug 15, 2025 A bacteriophage-inspired nanomotor uses ultrasound-activated antibiotics and self-propulsion to penetrate lung biofilms and eliminate drug-resistant pneumonia bacteria with high precision and therapeutic effect. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Lungs infected by biofilm-forming bacteria can become nearly untreatable, even with access to modern antibiotics. These infections are not only physically embedded...
Precision gantry systems, built to your specs
PI. "Precision gantry systems, built to your specs." Nanowerk, 14 August 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67391.php. PI. (2025, August 14). Precision gantry systems, built to your specs. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67391.php PI, "Precision gantry systems, built to your specs," Nanowerk, August 14, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67391.php.
Machine learning reveals the mysteries of thin films at atomic scale
Aug 14, 2025 Researchers used experiments and machine learning to accurately model the disordered atomic structure of amorphous aluminum oxide for the first time. (Nanowerk News) Aluminum oxide or alumina is the fruit fly of materials science: thoroughly researched and well understood. This compound, with the simple chemical formula Al2O3,...