Jul 20, 2026 Physics-informed machine learning connects atomic structure with ion transport and electrolyte stability, accelerating better sodium- and lithium-ion batteries. (Nanowerk News) For grid-scale energy storage and national energy resilience, the U.S. needs better batteries. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists are tackling that challenge in many ways, but...
Nanoprinting produces four million optical neurons in 15 minutes
Jul 20, 2026 A parallel fabrication method creates scalable optical neural networks for fast, accurate machine vision while sharply reducing production time. (Nanowerk News) The rapid advancement of deep learning has revolutionized machine vision, yet traditional von Neumann hardware struggles with the speed and power demands of processing high-resolution data....
New study highlights how micro-transfer printing can lead to advanced silicon photonics
Jul 20, 2026 Micro-transfer printing can enable heterogenous integration of diverse material systems in silicon photonics. (Nanowerk News) The rapid growth of artificial intelligence and related computing infrastructure has exposed the limited bandwidth of conventional electrical interconnects in integrated circuits as a major bottleneck to system performance. Silicon photonics, which...
Flexible DNA origami improves transport through mucus
Jul 20, 2026 Mechanical flexibility improves nanocarrier movement through mucus when physical confinement dominates, while surface coatings must first prevent aggregation when adhesion controls transport. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Some oral medicines must cross intestinal mucus before they can reach the tissue beneath it. The barrier protects the gut by trapping and...
Pixel-level control turns metasurfaces into programmable optical devices
Jul 20, 2026 An interactively addressable organic metadevice brings pixel-level programmability to visible-light metasurfaces. This opens up new perspectives for adaptive optical technologies for imaging, communication, sensing or wearable photonics. (Nanowerk News) Metasurfaces are ultrathin optical components engineered with arrays of nanoscale structures that can control light in ways that...
A new robotic hand capable of switching between multiple grippers using a single motor
Jul 20, 2026 Researchers developed a robotic hand equipped with multiple grippers that are driven by a single motor with the transmission of motor power switched via a mechanism using gravity. (Nanowerk News) For robots to be used in various settings such as factories, logistics, service industries, and households, they...