Jun 30, 2026 Advances in perovskite solar cell design may enable reliable power generation in some of the world's harshest environments. (Nanowerk News) Reliable power generation remains a major challenge in environments where conventional energy infrastructure is unavailable and maintenance or fuel resupply is difficult. From satellites and underwater sensors...
Nearby ‘Super Earth’ may be a better candidate for life than previously thought
Jun 30, 2026 A nearby super-Earth may be rockier and more habitable than thought, with lower mass and an orbit in the zone where liquid water could exist. (Nanowerk News) Using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory, astronomers have taken a closer look at a nearby exoplanet and discovered it...
Microwells make nano-LED assembly precise enough for AR and VR displays
Jun 30, 2026 Tiny wells guide nano-LEDs into place, helping turn millions of small light sources into sharper headset display pixels. (Nanowerk Spotlight) In a headset display, each pixel, the smallest controllable unit of an image, has to disappear into the scene. When it is too large, it does not...
Scientists teach human cells to compute like tiny computers
Jun 30, 2026 Researchers developed a new system for programming human cells to make decisions like tiny computers. It lets cells process multiple cellular signals at once using fewer computations than earlier methods, potentially enabling cells to detect disease signs and respond only when needed. (Nanowerk News) Researchers have developed...
AI platform turns catalyst data into a discovery engine
Jun 30, 2026 A new AI-ready data framework could accelerate catalyst discovery, supporting cleaner energy and more sustainable chemical processes. (Nanowerk News) Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how scientists search for new catalysts - the materials that speed up chemical reactions essential for producing fuels, chemicals, and clean energy technologies....
Switching spin states in manganese ions with light
Jun 29, 2026 Scientists developed a manganese-based molecular data storage material that works at about -132 C, warmer than earlier iron-based versions. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have developed a new way to employ molecules as tiny data storage devices using a new manganese-based material. Until...
Identifying proteins, molecule by molecule
Jun 29, 2026 A nanopore detection method can rapidly identify individual proteins, aiding disease research, drug development, and biomarker discovery. (Nanowerk News) Proteins are responsible for most functions in the human body. However, their analysis, which is essential for understanding diseases, developing drugs, and discovering new biomarkers, remains highly complex....
Roll-to-roll lithography boosts flexible electronics production
Jun 29, 2026 A roll-to-roll digital lithography system compensates for substrate distortion in real time, enabling faster mass production of flexible electronics. (Nanowerk News) A digital lithography system capable of continuously patterning flexible substrates has been developed. The system integrates maskless digital lithography with Roll-to-Roll (R2R) manufacturing, allowing patterns to...
Nanofluidic clay membranes tackle the ion transport bottleneck in blue energy
Jun 29, 2026 Modified clay membranes improve ion flow and charge selectivity, advancing osmotic power harvesting from seawater and river water. (Nanowerk Spotlight) When seawater meets river water, dissolved salt ions spread from the saltier side into the fresher side because there is an imbalance in concentration. That imbalance acts...
Machine learning points scientists to new superconductors- and possibly thousands more
Jun 29, 2026 Machine learning helped identify new superconductors and a process that could speed the discovery of thousands more energy-saving materials. (Nanowerk News) An international team of quantum researchers has shown how machine learning can be used to filter a practically infinite number of possible material combinations to identify...