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Watching bandgaps in motion – attosecond interferometry of solids

Max-Born-Insitute. "Watching bandgaps in motion - attosecond interferometry of solids." Nanowerk, 9 October 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67851.php. Max-Born-Insitute. (2025, October 9). Watching bandgaps in motion - attosecond interferometry of solids. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67851.php Max-Born-Insitute, "Watching bandgaps in motion - attosecond interferometry of solids," Nanowerk, October 9, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67851.php.

Artificial eye sensor adapts to light like a human pupil

Oct 09, 2025 An artificial vision sensor inspired by the human pupil adapts automatically to light, maintaining clear perception from darkness to glare and sharply improving recognition accuracy in machine learning systems. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Machine vision has long faced a basic trade-off. In dim light sensors generate random noise that...

Looking at black-hole oscillations through a mathematical lens

RIKEN. "Looking at black-hole oscillations through a mathematical lens." Nanowerk, 9 October 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=67849.php. RIKEN. (2025, October 9). Looking at black-hole oscillations through a mathematical lens. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=67849.php RIKEN, "Looking at black-hole oscillations through a mathematical lens," Nanowerk, October 9, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=67849.php.

Gold nanoparticle nasal spray delivers lithium safely to the brain

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. "Gold nanoparticle nasal spray delivers lithium safely to the brain." Nanowerk, 8 October 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67844.php. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. (2025, October 8). Gold nanoparticle nasal spray delivers lithium safely to the brain. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67844.php Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, "Gold nanoparticle nasal spray delivers...

Protein nanorings designed to detect and neutralise SARS-CoV2 virus

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. "Protein nanorings designed to detect and neutralise SARS-CoV2 virus." Nanowerk, 8 October 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67845.php. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. (2025, October 8). Protein nanorings designed to detect and neutralise SARS-CoV2 virus. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67845.php Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, "Protein nanorings designed to detect and neutralise SARS-CoV2 virus," Nanowerk,...

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 awarded for metal-organic frameworks

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. "Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 awarded for metal-organic frameworks." Nanowerk, 8 October 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67847.php. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. (2025, October 8). Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 awarded for metal-organic frameworks. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67847.php Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, "Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 awarded for...

Hypergap materials redefine the limits of transparency

Oct 08, 2025 Hypergap materials reveal a second transparent region above the bandgap, overturning assumptions about optical limits and enabling low-loss light control, wavelength conversion, and new photonic device possibilities. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Light interacts with matter through the movement of electrons. Every solid has an electronic bandgap, the energy difference...

Solar energy is now the world’s cheapest source of power

University of Surrey. "Solar energy is now the world's cheapest source of power." Nanowerk, 7 October 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/green/newsid=67829.php. University of Surrey. (2025, October 7). Solar energy is now the world's cheapest source of power. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/green/newsid=67829.php University of Surrey, "Solar energy is now the world's cheapest source of power," Nanowerk,...

New 3D printing method ‘grows’ ultra-strong materials

Oct 08, 2025 Researchers have pioneered a 3D printing method that grows metals and ceramics inside a water-based gel, resulting in exceptionally dense, yet intricate constructions for next-generation energy, biomedical, and sensing technologies. (Nanowerk News) Vat photopolymerization is a 3D printing technique in which a light-sensitive resin is poured into...