Jan 23, 2026 Taurine from octopus and squid neutralizes oxygen radicals that destroy perovskite solar cells, then regenerates to provide continuous protection, dramatically extending operational lifetime. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Perovskite solar cells can match silicon's best laboratory efficiencies while promising far cheaper manufacturing. Built from semiconductors deposited from liquid solution at...
Graphene may have been unintentional byproduct of Edison’s 1879 light bulb experiments
Jan 23, 2026 Early carbon light bulbs may have produced graphene, since applying voltage to carbon filaments mirrors what is now called flash Joule heating. (Nanowerk News) What do Thomas Edison and 2010 Nobel Prize in physics winners Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim have in common? According to a recent...
Researchers redefine capacitor behavior at the nanoscale
Jan 23, 2026 A new quantum framework now accurately models nanocapacitors where standard physics fails, enabling precise design and characterization of future electronics. (Nanowerk News) The State University of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook University) researchers led a new study published in Physical Review Letters ("First-Principles Nanocapacitor Simulations...
Astrophysicists discover largest sulfur-containing molecular compound in space
Feb 23, 2026 The discovery of a 13-atom sulfur ring in deep space links simple cosmic chemistry to the complex organic building blocks of life's origins. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), in collaboration with astrophysicists from the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA, have...
The art of custom-intercalating 42 metals into layered titanate nanostructures
Jan 23, 2026 Researchers report a synthesis method enabling direct intercalation of many metal cations into layered titanates, enabling tailored catalysts and energy storage materials. (Nanowerk News) A research team, affiliated with UNIST has reported a novel synthesis strategy that enables the direct intercalation of a wide range of metal...
Dark Energy Survey scientists release new analysis of how the universe expands
Jan 23, 2026 The latest results combined weak lensing and galaxy clustering and incorporated four dark energy probes from a single experiment for the first time. (Nanowerk News) The Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration is releasing results that, for the first time, combine all six years of data from weak...
A new implantable scaffold captures and destroys circulating tumor cells in the bloodstream
Jan 23, 2026 An implantable scaffold and magnetic probes capture circulating tumor cells directly in the bloodstream, eliminating over 90% of captured cells in rabbits and goats. (Nanowerk Spotlight) A single cancer cell breaks free from a tumor, squeezes through the wall of a nearby blood vessel, and enters the...
Stacked 2D materials unlock diamond-based electronics circuits
Jan 23, 2026 Placing a thin layer of molybdenum disulfide on diamond enables current flow at room temperature, opening a new pathway for diamond-based electronic devices. (Nanowerk News) Beyond the sparkle, diamonds have hidden talents. They shed heat better than any material, tolerate extreme temperatures and radiation and handle high...
PI introduces miniaturized alignment engine platform for scalable, parallel E/O wafer-level test
Jan 22, 2026 Parallel piezo aligners with fly height sensors enable faster PIC wafer testing. (Nanowerk News) PI (Physik Instrumente) announced a new technology platform for electro-optical wafer-level testing designed to validate electrical and optical device functions simultaneously in high-volume production. The system combines high-density electrical probing with automated photonic...
A new strategy for smarter pressure sensors
Jan 22, 2026 Initially stacked benzene layers increase fluorescent color change drastically when exposed to pressure, suggesting new ways to design the pressure sensors used in machinery and medical devices. (Nanowerk News) Piezofluorochromism, the phenomenon of materials reversibly changing their fluorescent color when pressure is applied, is used to create...