Day: March 10, 2026

Mar 10, 2026 Tracking ultrafast charge rearrangement during molecular breakup using time-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. (Nanowerk News) When molecules fall apart, their electric charge doesn’t stay put—it rearranges as bonds stretch and break. An international team of scientists has now tracked these ultrafast changes in the small molecule fluoromethane (CH₃F)....

Mar 10, 2026 A graphene membrane uses sunlight to separate lithium from magnesium-rich brine, achieving 28-fold enrichment without electricity or pumps. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Beneath the salt flats of Chile and Bolivia sits a vast reserve of dissolved lithium. These deposits account for roughly 60% of the world's known supply of...

Mar 10, 2026 Neutron star collision in merging galaxies reveals how cosmic destruction forges heavy elements like gold, offering clues to the universe's chemical evolution. (Nanowerk News) A recently detected flash of energy appears to have emanated from the wreckage of colliding galaxies, according to an international team of astronomers...

Mar 10, 2026 A 2D material called chromium oxychloride dramatically outperforms traditional hard masks in chip fabrication, resisting plasma etching far better at nanoscale thicknesses. (Nanowerk News) Making computer chips smaller is not just about better design. It also depends on a critical step in manufacturing called patterning, where nanoscale structures...

Mar 10, 2026 An ultrathin glass layer gives flexible triple-junction solar cells both chemical and radiation resistance, opening a single design to space power and solar fuel production. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Space solar arrays and solar-driven fuel production seem like unrelated technologies. Both, however, rely on III–V semiconductor photovoltaics, cells that...

Mar 10, 2026 Study compares calcium phosphate mineralization on polydopamine and zein coated titanium dioxide nanoparticles using quartz crystal microbalance measurements. (Nanowerk News) A research team in South Korea has used an ultrasensitive mass detection technique to compare how two widely studied bioorganic coatings promote calcium phosphate mineralization on titanium...

Mar 10, 2026 The GPCRact AI model goes beyond AlphaFold3 by predicting whether drugs functionally activate G-protein-coupled receptors through allosteric signaling. (Nanowerk News) A research team has developed an artificial intelligence system that pushes past a key limitation of AlphaFold3. Where Google DeepMind's tool predicts whether drugs bind to proteins,...

Mar 10, 2026 A new review outlines design principles and applications of synthetic membraneless organelles built through liquid-liquid phase separation for use in biotechnology. (Nanowerk News) Scientists have mapped out a detailed engineering framework for building synthetic membraneless organelles, compartments formed through liquid-liquid phase separation that can function as programmable...