Sep 20, 2025 Scientists use quantum many-body data and machine learning to boost density functional theory accuracy for chemistry and materials science. (Nanowerk News) A new trick for modeling molecules with quantum accuracy takes a step toward revealing the equation at the center of a popular simulation approach, which is...
Plasmonic design sparks 2440 fold photon upconversion in 2D layers
Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics. "Plasmonic design sparks 2440 fold photon upconversion in 2D layers." Nanowerk, 20 September 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67697.php. Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics. (2025, September 20). Plasmonic design sparks 2440 fold photon upconversion in 2D layers. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67697.php Changchun Institute of Optics,...
Smart gel speeds healing in diabetic wounds
Sep 20, 2025 A responsive hydrogel delivers RNA therapy to diabetic wounds, reducing tissue breakdown and inflammation by releasing treatment in sync with the wound's chemical signals. (Nanowerk Spotlight) A small cut on the foot should not be life altering. But for people living with diabetes, that cut can turn...
Water flowed on ancient asteroid
The University of Tokyo. "Water flowed on ancient asteroid." Nanowerk, 20 September 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=67698.php. The University of Tokyo. (2025, September 20). Water flowed on ancient asteroid. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=67698.php The University of Tokyo, "Water flowed on ancient asteroid," Nanowerk, September 20, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=67698.php.
White dwarf found devouring Pluto-like icy world
Sep 19, 2025 Astronomers have uncovered the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being consumed by a white dwarf star outside our Solar System. (Nanowerk News) In our Solar System, it is thought that comets and icy planetesimals (small solid objects in space) were responsible for delivering water...
Galaxies reveal hidden maps of dark matter in the early universe
Sep 19, 2025 A team of scientists has uncovered evidence of how galaxies expand by tracing the invisible scaffolding of the universe created by a mysterious substance known as dark matter. (Nanowerk News) In a newly published study in (The Astrophysical Journal Letters, "ODIN: Clustering Analysis of 14,000 Lyα-emitting Galaxies...
Turning materials data into AI-powered lab assistants
Sep 19, 2025 AI models trained on question-answer datasets aim to lower the barrier to entry for using AI in materials science. (Nanowerk News) As the volume of scientific literature continues to grow, researchers are turning to artificial intelligence to sift through millions of research papers and uncover insights that...
Bacterial defense sparks a new path in genome editing
Sep 19, 2025 Researchers unveil append editing, a method that attaches chemical tags to DNA, expanding possibilities in medicine, agriculture, and biotechnology. (Nanowerk News) Targeted editing of genetic information has advanced at an extraordinary pace in recent years. Tools such as the CRISPR-Cas9 “gene scissors” and base editing—a technique that...