Batteries that recycle themselves

Oct 10, 2025 Controlled thermal runaway lets lithium-ion batteries recycle themselves using stored energy, cutting external heat, chemicals, and emissions while improving recovery efficiency and economic viability. (Nanowerk Spotlight) The clean energy transition depends on batteries, and those batteries are becoming a serious environmental problem. Electric vehicles, consumer electronics, and...

Breaking thermodynamic limits with non-thermal energy harvesting

Institute of Science Tokyo. "Breaking thermodynamic limits with non-thermal energy harvesting." Nanowerk, 10 October 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/green/newsid=67856.php. Institute of Science Tokyo. (2025, October 10). Breaking thermodynamic limits with non-thermal energy harvesting. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/green/newsid=67856.php Institute of Science Tokyo, "Breaking thermodynamic limits with non-thermal energy harvesting," Nanowerk, October 10, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/green/newsid=67856.php.

Breakthrough mirror-image nanopores open door to new biomedical applications

Constructor University. "Breakthrough mirror-image nanopores open door to new biomedical applications." Nanowerk, 10 October 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67857.php. Constructor University. (2025, October 10). Breakthrough mirror-image nanopores open door to new biomedical applications. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67857.php Constructor University, "Breakthrough mirror-image nanopores open door to new biomedical applications," Nanowerk, October 10, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67857.php.

A new type of light-controlled non-volatile memory

Max-Planck-Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter. "A new type of light-controlled non-volatile memory." Nanowerk, 10 October 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67858.php. Max-Planck-Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter. (2025, October 10). A new type of light-controlled non-volatile memory. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67858.php Max-Planck-Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, "A new...

Self-powered clothing that listens and understands

Oct 10, 2025 A self-powered fabric with nanostructured materials converts sound into electrical signals and uses deep learning to recognize speech, turning clothing into a soft and responsive voice interface. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Most voice-controlled systems still depend on rigid microphones housed in plastic or metal. They work well for phones...