Sep 04, 2026 Using a novel heating method that cuts carbon emissions, engineers dramatically improved hydrogen production efficiency. The novel process also comes with a surprising side benefit. (Nanowerk News) Producing hydrogen is essential for some of the world’s biggest industrial and agricultural needs, but it also comes with a...
Atomic disorder tames a semiconductor greenhouse gas 6,000 times more potent than CO2
Sep 04, 2026 An entropy-stabilized catalyst uses atomic disorder to break down CF4, a semiconductor gas over 6,000 times more climate-warming than carbon dioxide. (Nanowerk News) Among the gases used in semiconductor manufacturing, tetrafluoromethane (CF₄) is a greenhouse gas over 6,000 times more potent than carbon dioxide. A KAIST research...
Mosaic nanoparticles deliver broad-spectrum mucosal protection against diverse coronaviruses
Sep 04, 2026 A mucus-penetrating mosaic nanoparticle vaccine triggers broad nasal immunity against diverse coronaviruses, including evasive SARS- and MERS-like strains. (Nanowerk News) The persistent threat of emerging coronaviruses highlights the critical need to establish frontline defenses directly at the respiratory entry portal. While intranasal immunization holds the promise of...
DNA nanocircuit checks three tumor signals before releasing siRNA
Sep 04, 2026 A DNA carrier checks several tumor clues before releasing its treatment, helping spare healthy cells and making chemotherapy work better in resistant brain tumors. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Here is one of the core problems for cancer medicine: a tumor has no single feature that healthy tissue lacks. The...
Making trains and airplanes recyclable
Sep 04, 2026 Researchers have made a flame-retardant composite material fully recyclable. (Nanowerk News) “No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris,” aviation pioneer Orville Wright once said. What even the visionary Wright brothers considered impossible is now a reality – thanks in part to new materials...
Physics advance could improve how AI remembers and learns
Sep 04, 2026 Researchers created a new type of spin glass made of atoms and photons and used it to increase the memory capacity of simple artificial intelligence systems. (Nanowerk News) A new study has demonstrated that it is possible to make a network of atoms and photons that could...
Magnetic fields put a new spin on surface chemistry
Sep 03, 2026 Electron spin can strongly alter surface reactions, with spin orientation changing hydrogen adsorption and abstraction on magnetic surfaces. (Nanowerk News) Chemical reactions at surfaces play a central role in many processes, including catalysis and materials synthesis. It is well known that the outcome of these reactions is...
Combining AI and synthetic biology to decode nature’s design rules (w/video)
Sep 03, 2026 A new open-science initiative will use AI and large-scale experiments in a continuous learning cycle to design new proteins, enzymes and cells. (Nanowerk News) Endless forms most beautiful” was how Charles Darwin described the spectacular diversity of nature from which our current understanding of life emerged. But...
Sound-powered microdroplets turn paper waste into valuable chemical in 20 minutes
Sep 03, 2026 Ultrasound-generated water microdroplets convert 56% of lignin waste into a potentially useful chemical in 20 minutes, without catalysts or harsh conditions. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a fast and simple way to turn lignin, a plentiful plant-based byproduct of the paper...
Graphene network shows room-temperature ferromagnetism at wafer scale
Sep 03, 2026 A wafer scale porous graphene film shows room temperature ferromagnetism linked to zigzag edge spacing, with impurity measurements showing trace magnetic metals cannot explain the observed signal. (Nanowerk Spotlight) When you measure the magnetism of a sample, your instrument records the combined response of everything in it....