Sep 22, 2025 With SCIGEN, researchers can steer AI models to create materials with exotic properties for applications like quantum computing. (Nanowerk News) The artificial intelligence models that turn text into images are also useful for generating new materials. Over the last few years, generative materials models from companies like...
Lasers turn silicon into near-perfect infrared absorber
Sep 22, 2025 Ultrafast laser processing creates silicon surfaces that absorb nearly all infrared light and remain stable under heat and wear, enabling coating-free infrared sensing and calibration. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Blackbodies are used as physical reference sources in technologies that detect heat and infrared light. A blackbody is not a...
Deformability emerges as key design rule for next generation microfluidic devices
The University of Osaka. "Deformability emerges as key design rule for next generation microfluidic devices." Nanowerk, 22 September 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67703.php. The University of Osaka. (2025, September 22). Deformability emerges as key design rule for next generation microfluidic devices. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67703.php The University of Osaka, "Deformability emerges as key design rule...
Heartbeat of a newborn magnetar spotted in a cosmic explosion
University of Hong Kong. "Heartbeat of a newborn magnetar spotted in a cosmic explosion." Nanowerk, 22 September 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=67706.php. University of Hong Kong. (2025, September 22). Heartbeat of a newborn magnetar spotted in a cosmic explosion. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=67706.php University of Hong Kong, "Heartbeat of a newborn magnetar spotted in a...
To make proteins conduct electricity, start at the interface
Sep 22, 2025 Proteins can conduct electrons efficiently over tens of nanometers when contact resistance is removed, revealing their potential as functional components in solid-state bioelectronic devices. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Electricity in biology is usually associated with nerves firing, muscles contracting, or heart rhythms pulsing. But beneath those visible effects, there...
Boosting drug delivery with spiky nanorobots
Sep 22, 2025 Researchers engineered magnetic nanorobots that carry anticancer drugs and penetrate tumor cell membranes, improving chemotherapy effectiveness. (Nanowerk News) Spiky nanorobots powered by magnets have been developed to carry drugs and pierce tumor cell membranes, a key barrier to effective cancer treatment. By boosting drug entry, these “microscopic...