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Nanoengineered sensor enables rapid, self-powered water quality monitoring (w/video)

Jul 03, 2025 Researchers created a nanoengineered, self-healing sensor that detects water pollutants in milliseconds without external power, offering a sustainable monitoring solution. (Nanowerk News) Clean, safe water is vital for human health and well-being. It also plays a critical role in our food security, supports high-tech industries, and enables...

Killing cancer with radioactive nanocrystals

Department of Energy Office of Science. "Killing cancer with radioactive nanocrystals." Nanowerk, 3 July 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67155.php. Department of Energy Office of Science. (2025, July 3). Killing cancer with radioactive nanocrystals. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67155.php Department of Energy Office of Science, "Killing cancer with radioactive nanocrystals," Nanowerk, July 3, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67155.php.

Manipulation of light at the nanoscale helps advance biosensing

Jul 02, 2025 Researchers developed tunable photonic crystal biosensors using magneto-plasmonic nanoassemblies to enhance fluorescence for ultrasensitive disease biomarker detection. (Nanowerk News) Traditional medical tests often require clinical samples to be sent off-site for analysis in a time-intensive and expensive process. Point-of-care diagnostics are instead low cost, easy-to-use, and rapid...

Scientists target ‘molecular machine’ in the war against antimicrobial resistance

King's College London. "Scientists target 'molecular machine' in the war against antimicrobial resistance." Nanowerk, 2 July 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67144.php. King's College London. (2025, July 2). Scientists target 'molecular machine' in the war against antimicrobial resistance. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67144.php King's College London, "Scientists target 'molecular machine' in the war against antimicrobial resistance," Nanowerk,...

Spongy, loofah-inspired hydrogel material uses sunlight to remove salt from seawater

Anerican Chemical Society. "Spongy, loofah-inspired hydrogel material uses sunlight to remove salt from seawater." Nanowerk, 2 July 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/green/newsid=67145.php. Anerican Chemical Society. (2025, July 2). Spongy, loofah-inspired hydrogel material uses sunlight to remove salt from seawater. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/green/newsid=67145.php Anerican Chemical Society, "Spongy, loofah-inspired hydrogel material uses sunlight to remove salt...

Heat-flow modelling at the nanoscale

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. "Heat-flow modelling at the nanoscale." Nanowerk, 2 July 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67146.php. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. (2025, July 2). Heat-flow modelling at the nanoscale. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67146.php Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, "Heat-flow modelling at the nanoscale," Nanowerk, July 2, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67146.php.

Exoplanet sparks stellar fireworks

Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam. "Exoplanet sparks stellar fireworks." Nanowerk, 2 July 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=67147.php. Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam. (2025, July 2). Exoplanet sparks stellar fireworks. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=67147.php Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam, "Exoplanet sparks stellar fireworks," Nanowerk, July 2, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=67147.php.

Ultrafast laser nanofabrication advances manufacturing limits

Higher Education Press. "Ultrafast laser nanofabrication advances manufacturing limits." Nanowerk, 2 July 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67148.php. Higher Education Press. (2025, July 2). Ultrafast laser nanofabrication advances manufacturing limits. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67148.php Higher Education Press, "Ultrafast laser nanofabrication advances manufacturing limits," Nanowerk, July 2, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67148.php.

Researchers uncover new mechanism of ion transport in nanofiltration membranes

Chinese Academy of Sciences. "Researchers uncover new mechanism of ion transport in nanofiltration membranes." Nanowerk, 2 July 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67151.php. Chinese Academy of Sciences. (2025, July 2). Researchers uncover new mechanism of ion transport in nanofiltration membranes. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67151.php Chinese Academy of Sciences, "Researchers uncover new mechanism of ion transport in...