Month: July 2026

Jul 31, 2026 A sublayer chemistry strategy creates new lanthanide MXenes that combine semiconducting behavior with low-temperature ferromagnetism in a single material. (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Zhejiang University and Yongjiang Laboratory,...

Jul 31, 2026 Surface-engineered mitochondria coated with protective polymers and cell-penetrating peptides enter cells more efficiently while preserving energy-producing function. (Nanowerk News) Inside almost every cell in our body are tiny structures called organelles that keep us alive and functioning. Among these are many bean-shaped mitochondria, often referred to as...

Jul 31, 2026 Programmable polymer shells keep engineered bacteria metabolically active during delivery, then restore growth and local drug production inside tumors while reducing toxicity in mice. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Engineered bacteria can be programmed to carry out therapeutic tasks inside tumors. They can consume metabolites produced by cancer cells, manufacture...

Jul 31, 2026 A two-sided design prevents fouling and maintains efficient evaporation, helping address a key barrier to treating complex water sources. (Nanowerk News) Solar-driven desalination is a promising way to produce freshwater sustainably using sunlight. However, existing systems struggle when desalinating oily seawater because oil fouls their specialized membranes....

Jul 31, 2026 Radiation from growing massive stars heats nearby molecular cores, suppressing fragmentation and keeping gas concentrated enough to sustain further accretion. (Nanowerk News) Massive stars form within cold, dense molecular clouds, where gas contracts under gravity and can readily fragment into numerous smaller cores. A new study has...

Jul 30, 2026 An organic-solvent-free process turns waste PET bottles into rod-shaped MOF crystals that generate electricity from seawater evaporation while preserving more of the plastic's value. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Every minute, people around the world buy about one million plastic drinking bottles. Across plastic packaging more broadly, the United Nations...

Jul 30, 2026 Protein engineering improves AI-designed base editors, boosting precision and efficiency for more reliable nuclear and mitochondrial DNA editing. (Nanowerk News) A joint research team led by Professor Daesik Kim (Department of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University), along with Professor Yong-Sub Kim (University of Ulsan College of Medicine) and Professor...

Jul 30, 2026 Astronomers discover the cosmic digestive system of a black hole – showing that even when black holes appear faint, they’re not simply bottomless pits. (Nanowerk News) Black holes are often portrayed as cosmic gluttons that swallow everything that comes too close. But new observations of a dramatic...

Jul 30, 2026 A new atom holography microscope uses a focused SEM beam to map 3D atomic arrangements in nanoscale regions with about 0.1 angstrom accuracy. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Japan’s Institute for Molecular Science have developed an atom holography microscope that maps three dimensional atomic arrangements within nanoscale regions....

Jul 30, 2026 A research team has developed a terbium-doped AlGaN LED that emits blue, green, yellow, and red light from the same area, with no detectable wavelength shift as the drive current changes. (Nanowerk News) Full-color displays normally require separate red, green, and blue light emitters. A team from...