Mar 16, 2026 Chemists grew the longest conductive polymer chains ever made on a surface, nearly one micrometer long, using a clean process that enables precise nanoribbons. (Nanowerk News) Chemists have grown the longest conductive polymer chains ever produced on a surface, reaching nearly one micrometer, and shown that these...
A galaxy next door is transforming, and astronomers can see it happening
Mar 16, 2026 A new study raise questions about how scientists use the Small Magellanic Cloud, our neighboring galaxy, as a reference point for understanding galaxies across the history of the universe. (Nanowerk News) The Small Magellanic Cloud or the SMC is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors...
3D-printable metallic glass alloys could cut electric motor energy losses
Mar 16, 2026 Iron-based metallic glass alloys compatible with 3D printing reduce energy losses in electric motors by eliminating crystal structure friction. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Saarland University have developed iron-based metallic glass alloys that can be shaped using 3D printing into electric motor components with far lower energy losses...
Light and nanomaterials could detect cancer years before diagnosis
Mar 16, 2026 Researchers combine photonics and nanotechnology to identify molecular cancer signals five to eight years earlier than traditional diagnostic tools. (Nanowerk News) Seemesh Bhaskar believes cancer detection should happen years before a diagnosis ever appears in a medical chart. The postdoctoral researcher in Professor Brian Cunningham’s Nanosensors Group...
High-entropy ceramics with bandgap engineering enable ultrafast energy discharge
Mar 16, 2026 Lead-free tungsten bronze ceramics combine high-entropy design and bandgap engineering for high energy density and ultrafast discharge performance. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Guilin University of Technology have produced a new family of lead-free ceramic capacitors that store and release electrical energy with unusual speed and efficiency. The...
AI decodes the rules behind self-assembling protein nanoribbons
Mar 16, 2026 AI analysis of microscopy images reveals that a thin water layer on mineral surfaces guides the self-assembly of protein nanoribbons. (Nanowerk News) Two parallel experiments in protein self-assembly produced strikingly different results, demonstrating that protein designers should consider incorporating physical forces now missing from even Nobel-prize-winning protein...
Electron microscopy reveals how mitochondrial stress proteins remodel to protect cells
Mar 16, 2026 Cryo-electron tomography shows the mitochondrial protein mHsp60 restructures itself under stress to boost folding activity, offering clues to Parkinson's disease. (Nanowerk News) Researchers have used cryo-electron tomography to capture the structural behavior of a key mitochondrial protein under stress conditions with near-atomic resolution. An international team led...
Dual-gate vertical transistor enables stable nanoscale 3D chip stacking
Mar 16, 2026 Researchers developed a dual-modulated vertical transistor that suppresses leakage at nanoscale channels and supports scalable 3D semiconductor integration. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) in South Korea have developed a vertically stacked transistor that operates reliably at nanoscale channel dimensions...