Sep 03, 2025 Flexible photonic skins emit light when stretched, enabling real-time underwater signaling and leak detection. The 3D printed design conforms to curved surfaces and works autonomously. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Communication under water is difficult in ways that challenge even the most advanced technologies. Light signals scatter. Radio waves disappear...
Engineers unveil generative AI model that designs new antibiotics
Sep 02, 2025 Researchers use generative AI to design molecules that kill drug-resistant bacteria. (Nanowerk News) What if generative AI could design life-saving antibiotics, not just art and text? In a new Cell Biomaterials paper ("Generative latent diffusion language modeling yields anti-infective synthetic peptides"), Penn researchers introduce AMP-Diffusion, a generative...
Novel kiri-origami structures enable high-performance stretchable electronics
Sep 02, 2025 Researchers develop hybrid kiri-origami structures that enable the fabrication of high-performance stretchable electronics using non-stretchable materials. (Nanowerk News) Stretchable electronics are used in smartphones, smartwatches, curved displays, and wearable sensors. However, stretchable materials like elastomers have lower electrical performance than rigid materials such as metals or semiconductors,...
Researchers unlock new insights Into granular hydrogels for biomedical applications
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. "Researchers unlock new insights Into granular hydrogels for biomedical applications." Nanowerk, 2 September 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/biotech/newsid=67538.php. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. (2025, September 2). Researchers unlock new insights Into granular hydrogels for biomedical applications. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/biotech/newsid=67538.php University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, "Researchers unlock new insights Into granular hydrogels for...
Golden sandwich makes the tiniest nanoparticles visible with simple optics
University of Twente. "Golden sandwich makes the tiniest nanoparticles visible with simple optics." Nanowerk, 2 September 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67540.php. University of Twente. (2025, September 2). Golden sandwich makes the tiniest nanoparticles visible with simple optics. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67540.php University of Twente, "Golden sandwich makes the tiniest nanoparticles visible with simple optics," Nanowerk,...
Molecular design advances patterning for organic electronics
Sep 02, 2025 A new organic material holds its shape under light and solvents, allowing engineers to build flexible, reliable electronics and light-sensitive devices without complex processing steps. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Organic semiconductors offer a promising way to manufacture electronic devices that are flexible, lightweight, and inexpensive to process. These carbon-based...
Liquid crystal device lets scientists sculpt light in real time
Sep 02, 2025 A new liquid crystal device lets scientists control how light twists and behaves using voltage, making it possible to reshape light patterns without changing the physical structure of the device. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Light carries more than energy. It also carries structure, including patterns in its phase, polarization,...
New generation polymers are sustainable, self-repairing and antimicrobial
Sep 02, 2025 Researchers developed vitrimers from renewable materials, creating solvent free polymers that combine durability and sustainability for safer technologies. (Nanowerk News) From medicine to electronics and optics, new materials developed by scientists at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) can be applied in various fields where cleanliness, precision, and...
Geometry revealed at the heart of quantum matter
University of Geneva. "Geometry revealed at the heart of quantum matter." Nanowerk, 2 September 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67535.php. University of Geneva. (2025, September 2). Geometry revealed at the heart of quantum matter. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67535.php University of Geneva, "Geometry revealed at the heart of quantum matter," Nanowerk, September 2, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67535.php.
Flexible nanofilms with programmable magnetism
The University of Osaka. "Flexible nanofilms with programmable magnetism." Nanowerk, 1 September 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67526.php. The University of Osaka. (2025, September 1). Flexible nanofilms with programmable magnetism. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67526.php The University of Osaka, "Flexible nanofilms with programmable magnetism," Nanowerk, September 1, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67526.php.