Dec 11, 2025 CMOS-built optical phase modulators shrink laser control hardware and power use for trapped atom quantum computers, enabling larger stable qubit arrays at work. (Nanowerk News) Researchers have made a major advance in quantum computing with a new device that is nearly 100 times smaller than the diameter...
This MOF can hold electrons for days and make hydrogen in the dark
Dec 11, 2025 A titanium-based metal-organic framework achieves record electron storage density among MOFs and releases these accumulated charges to produce hydrogen gas without any additional light. (Nanowerk Spotlight) A white powder sits in a sealed vial under ultraviolet light. Within minutes, it turns black. Remove the light, keep oxygen...
Astronomers find first direct evidence of ‘Monster Stars’ from the cosmic dawn
Dec 09, 2025 Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of international researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of gigantic primordial stars that were among the first to form after the Big Bang. (Nanowerk News) For two decades, astronomers have puzzled over how supermassive black holes – some of the...
Researchers explore chemical boundaries to create new magnetic material
Dec 10, 2025 Researchers have created a new crystalline material with unusual magnetic patterns that could be used for breakthroughs in data storage and quantum technologies. (Nanowerk News) In a study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society ("Skyrmion-like Spin Textures Emerging in the Material Derived from Structural...
Edible hydrogel electrodes could enable swallowable glucose sensors for diabetes management
Dec 11, 2025 A soft, edible electrode made from alginate and polydopamine detects glucose under intestinal conditions, opening a path toward swallowable sensors for diabetes monitoring. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Glucose monitors worn on the skin have transformed diabetes management, but they measure sugar levels only after glucose has entered the bloodstream....
Exposing just one active site on a nanocluster boosts catalytic activity
Dec 11, 2025 Sometimes the simplest solution is the best one. This research shows how exposing a single active site has huge implications for producing green energy. (Nanowerk News) There is a dire need for selective catalysts that allow us to consistently achieve a desired outcome in a chemical reaction....
E-713 Nanopositioning controller family introduced
Dec 11, 2025 Highest flexibility and performance for semiconductor, photonics and SR-Microscopy applications. (Nanowerk News) PI (Physik Instrumente), a global leader in nanopositioning and precision motion and positioning systems, has introduced the E-713 series, its newest motion controller generation engineered for high-performance control of multi-axis nanopositioning systems. The E-713 succeeds...
Pinpointing the glow of a single atom
Dec 11, 2025 Researchers have discovered how to design and place single-photon sources at the atomic scale inside ultrathin 2D materials, lighting the path for future quantum innovations. (Nanowerk News) Like perfectly controlled light switches, quantum emitters can turn on the flow of single particles of light, called photons, one...
astronomers spot star ‘wobbling’ around black hole
Dec 10, 2025 Study confirms general relativity predictions as Einstein foretold more than 100 years ago. (Nanowerk News) The cosmos has served up a gift for a group of scientists who have been searching for one of the most elusive phenomena in the night sky. Their study, presented in Science...