Feb 03, 2026 A research team has developed a single-use test strip which could ultimately change how diseases like cancer are diagnosed. (Nanowerk News) A research team led by La Trobe University has developed a single-use test strip which could ultimately change how diseases like cancer are diagnosed. The research,...
Edible electronics harvest heat from hot food to power color-changing safety displays
Feb 03, 2026 Thermoelectric generators built entirely from food-grade hydrogels and vanillin harvest heat from hot meals to power edible displays that change color when food reaches safe eating temperature. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Power has been the limiting factor for electronics designed to be swallowed. Any device that enters the digestive...
Oxygen-modified graphene filters boost natural gas purification
Feb 03, 2026 Adding oxygen to ultrathin graphene enables efficient carbon dioxide removal from methane while maintaining high permeability. (Nanowerk News) As we shift toward more sustainable fuels, natural gas and biogas, which mainly contain methane (CH4), have become important sources of energy and raw materials for chemical production. However,...
Genetic switch helps cells safely build large protein nanostructures
Feb 03, 2026 A new genetic control system lets lab-grown cells produce gas vesicles step by step, reducing stress on the cells and improving yields for medical uses. (Nanowerk News) Gas vesicles are among the largest known protein nanostructures produced and assembled inside microbial cells. These hollow, air-filled cylindrical nanostructures...
Anomalous magnetoresistance observed in an antiferromagnetic kagome semimetal
Feb 03, 2026 Anomalous low-field oscillatory magnetoresistance in an antiferromagnetic kagome semimetal heterostructure was linked to directly imaged topological magnetic textures. (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory (CHMFL), the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with the State Key...
Machine learning outdesigns evolution to create ultrasensitive gold spiderwebs
Feb 03, 2026 Machine learning redesigns microscopic web sensors to be five times more flexible than nature-inspired versions, enabling detection of masses as small as trillionths of a gram. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Mechanical sensors built at microscopic scales face a fundamental problem: they are too stiff. As structures shrink to dimensions...
A clearer look at critical materials, thanks to refrigerator magnets
Feb 02, 2026 Researchers adapted ARPES to work in magnetic fields using nanoscale alternating magnets that confine fields near a sample, letting photoelectrons travel straight. (Nanowerk News) With an advanced technology known as angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), scientists are able to map out a material’s electron energy-momentum relationship, which encodes...