Sep 14, 2026 An artificial leaf uses sunlight to produce clean hydrogen from seawater while breaking down toxic hydrazine in industrial wastewater without external power. (Nanowerk News) Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have designed a device that harvests sunlight to generate clean hydrogen from seawater and simultaneously degrade hydrazine,...
New graphene diffraction technology enables spectrally programmable optical authentication
Sep 14, 2026 Multi-color light challenges and AI analysis transform graphene diffraction patterns into compact binary security responses. (Nanowerk News) Modern electronic systems depend on reliable ways to confirm that a device is genuine. Conventional security methods often rely on stored digital keys or software-based credentials. These approaches are powerful,...
Researchers discover DNA organization is key to tissue regeneration
Sep 14, 2026 Researchers show that long-range chromatin loops help control tissue regeneration, revealing a direct role for 3D genome organization in regenerative processes. (Nanowerk News) After an injury, DNA not only alters its activity but also the way it is organized spatially within the cell nucleus. In this process,...
Magnetic microrobots remove biofilms from medical implants
Sep 14, 2026 Magnetic hexapod microrobots mechanically stripped more than 99% of biofilm from infected drainage catheters in rabbits and were retrieved after treatment. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Bacteria that settle on a surface are a different problem from bacteria drifting in fluid. Once anchored, they secrete a matrix of sugars, proteins...
Nanoscale mechanical strain could enable ultra-low-power computing
Sep 14, 2026 A new computing approach uses amplified nanoscale mechanical strain to switch semiconductor logic states, aiming for far greater energy efficiency than CMOS. (Nanowerk News) Every computer, from the large, clunky machines of the past to today's AI accelerators, depends on a physical phenomenon that can represent information....
Compact free-electron lasers take major step toward practical use
Sep 14, 2026 Researchers achieve stable, reproducible high-gain operation in a laser-plasma free-electron laser, advancing compact sources of intense UV light. (Nanowerk News) Extremely short and intensive light flashes are in great demand to investigate atoms, molecules and new materials. Free-electron lasers (FELs) produce these flashes. But around the world,...
Spintronics hardware for energy-efficient AI
Sep 14, 2026 Spintronic neural networks built from magnetic tunnel junctions can generate gradients directly in hardware, enabling on-chip training with 93.3% classification accuracy. (Nanowerk News) Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we work and live, but training AI models requires enormous amounts of computing power and energy. Finding new...
Crystalline sponge MOF reveals structures of large drug molecules from microgram samples
Sep 14, 2026 A flexible metal-organic framework called APF-40 reveals the 3D structures of large drug molecules from microgram-scale samples, including doramectin. (Nanowerk News) Drug discovery has traditionally followed the "rule of 5," which identifies chemical properties generally associated with good absorption of orally administered drugs, including a molecular weight...