Month: September 2025

Sep 25, 2025 Scientists have for the first time recorded complicated structures in ice formed by freezing liquid water at the nanoscale. (Nanowerk News) You’d think there’s nothing surprising left to discover about water. After all, researchers have been studying its properties for centuries. But today researchers at Department of...

Sep 25, 2025 Cells are crowded with proteins and nucleic acids. A new study measures subcellular densities across organisms to uncover how material is distributed. (Nanowerk News) Just as life pulsates in big vibrant cities, it also prospers in crowded environments inside cells. The interior of cells is densely packed...

Engineering Front. "How magnetic nanoplates bend, vibrate and buckle." Nanowerk, 25 September 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67739.php. Engineering Front. (2025, September 25). How magnetic nanoplates bend, vibrate and buckle. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67739.php Engineering Front, "How magnetic nanoplates bend, vibrate and buckle," Nanowerk, September 25, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67739.php.

Sep 23, 2025 Researchers have created an innovative method to visualize and analyze atomic structures within specially designed, ultrathin bilayer 2D materials. (Nanowerk News) Researchers with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have created an innovative method to visualize and analyze atomic structures within specially...

Chalmers University of Technology. "Piecing together the puzzle of future solar cell materials." Nanowerk, 24 September 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/green/newsid=67726.php. Chalmers University of Technology. (2025, September 24). Piecing together the puzzle of future solar cell materials. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/green/newsid=67726.php Chalmers University of Technology, "Piecing together the puzzle of future solar cell materials," Nanowerk,...

Sep 24, 2025 SciGuard, an agent safeguard for AI in chemistry, blocks dangerous prompts while keeping scientific discovery accurate, useful and safe. (Nanowerk News) Artificial intelligence can now design molecules, suggest synthesis routes, and speed up discoveries in chemistry. But the same power that accelerates breakthroughs can also expose recipes...

Sep 24, 2025 Researchers develop atom-thin material that cuts memory energy use tenfold, opening the door to ultra-efficient AI, mobile tech and data processing. (Nanowerk News) Memory units are essential components in virtually all modern technologies that process and store information – AI systems, smartphones, computers, autonomous vehicles, household appliances...

Sep 24, 2025 Researchers created a near-room-temperature method to make high-entropy alloys with precise control of crystal structure and morphology for custom designs. (Nanowerk News) Humans have been making metal alloys for thousands of years, and most of us can conjure a rough mental image of the process – it...

Sep 24, 2025 Scientists show that nanoscale selenium can reduce fertilizer use by 30%, improve rice nutrition, and lower greenhouse gases. (Nanowerk News) The cultivation of rice—the staple grain for more than 3.5 billion people around the world—comes with extremely high environmental, climate and economic costs. But this may be...

Sep 24, 2025 A MOF enhanced tribovoltaic nanogenerator directly charges a supercapacitor, creating a compact self-charging system that powers devices through sliding motion in a screen time management prototype. (Nanowerk Spotlight) A desk mouse sliding across a pad, a fingertip brushing a screen, the movement of fabric against skin. Each...