Sep 27, 2025 Advance in optical computing may lead to ultrafast and secure image generators while using less energy. (Nanowerk News) Today’s popular chatbots and image generators have a severe downside for the environment. These examples of generative artificial intelligence leave a substantial carbon footprint due to outsized energy demands....
Ultrasound makes carbon dots glow for seconds with promise for imaging and radar
Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics. "Ultrasound makes carbon dots glow for seconds with promise for imaging and radar." Nanowerk, 27 September 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67756.php. Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics. (2025, September 27). Ultrasound makes carbon dots glow for seconds with promise for imaging and radar....
Designed protein switches may lead to safer, smarter medicines
University of Washington. "Designed protein switches may lead to safer, smarter medicines." Nanowerk, 27 September 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/biotech/newsid=67757.php. University of Washington. (2025, September 27). Designed protein switches may lead to safer, smarter medicines. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/biotech/newsid=67757.php University of Washington, "Designed protein switches may lead to safer, smarter medicines," Nanowerk, September 27, 2025,...
Light sets this adhesive fast, microwaves take it apart
Sep 27, 2025 A solvent-free adhesive bonds in seconds under visible light and is fully recyclable using microwave energy, offering strong performance across substrates without heat, UV light, or solvents. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Adhesives are essential to the design and assembly of products in electronics, transportation, construction, and packaging. Many of...
Cracking the code of 3D-printed metal
Sep 27, 2025 Scientists are uncovering what happens inside 3D-printed metals, using new sensing tools to make parts stronger, safer and ready for real-world use. (Nanowerk News) With the ability to print metal structures with complex shapes and unique mechanical properties, metal additive manufacturing (AM) could be revolutionary. However, without...
New phototransistor mimics the brain’s visual circuits
Sep 26, 2025 A single phototransistor mimics retinal bipolar cell function while detecting visible and infrared light, enabling low-power image processing through programmable ON and OFF photoresponses. (Nanowerk Spotlight) A camera mounted on a vehicle may produce a clear image in daylight. That same sensor becomes unreliable at night, in...
Atomic neighborhoods in semiconductors provide new avenue for designing microelectronics
Sep 26, 2025 Advanced microscopy proves that dilute elements in semiconductors have preferred arrangements, not just random distribution. (Nanowerk News) Inside the microchips powering the device you’re reading this on, the atoms have a hidden order all their own. A team led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and...