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Feb 25, 2026 Researchers overcome key challenges in the mass production of enzymatic biofuel cells, paving the way for self-powered wearable sensor. (Nanowerk News) Wearable sensors are rapidly advancing, becoming smaller yet more capable than ever of tracking physiological signals in real time. Recent studies have focused on developing skin...

Feb 25, 2026 Nanoscale molybdenum disulfide memristors integrated onto standard CMOS chips achieve the lowest switching voltage reported for any 2D-material memristor on chip. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Every time a conventional computer retrieves data from memory, electrical signals travel back and forth between the processor and a separate storage unit. That...

Feb 25, 2026 Researchers revealed the atomic-level mechanism bacteria like A. baumannii and P. aeruginosa use to build antibiotic-resistant 3D biofilms, opening new paths to fight multidrug-resistant infections. (Nanowerk News) Researchers have discovered and characterized at the atomic level a mechanism that enables bacterial pathogens—including hospital bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii and...

Feb 25, 2026 Charged helium nanodroplets stored in an ion trap for a full minute, 10,000x longer than before, open breakthrough possibilities in nanocalorimetry and nanoscale research. (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers from the University of Innsbruck, supported by Prof. Dr. Lutz Schweikhard from the Institute of Physics at...

Feb 25, 2026 Researchers show standard tire sensors can expose drivers' movements, raising privacy concerns. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at IMDEA Networks Institute, together with European partners, have found that tire pressure sensors in modern cars can unintentionally expose drivers to tracking. Over a ten-week study ("Can’t Hide Your Stride: Inferring...

Feb 25, 2026 Researchers have created protein fibers inspired by various animal muscle proteins. These materials are grown in bioreactors and can be stronger than many synthetic fibers. (Nanowerk News) Natural muscle fibers are made up of spring-like proteins that can contract and stretch without losing their original form, dissipate...

Feb 25, 2026 Atom-level understanding of how the surface electronic properties of a magnetic semimetal can be tuned could guide its use in advanced technologies like spintronics and catalysis. (Nanowerk News) Topological materials exhibit different electronic behaviors in their bulk and on their surface. These differences can enable new functionality,...

Feb 24, 2026 A new study has revealed how tiny imperfections and vibrations inside a promising quantum material could be used to control an unusual quantum effect, opening new possibilities for smaller, faster and more efficient energy-harvesting devices. (Nanowerk News) An international team, led by Professor Dongchen Qi from the...

Feb 24, 2026 With the flip of a switch, scientists harness light to program how particles interact and assemble. (Nanowerk News) NYU scientists are using light to precisely control how tiny particles organize themselves into crystals. Their research, published in the Cell Press journal Chem ("Light-controlled colloidal crystallization"), provides a...

Feb 24, 2026 A pore smaller than one nanometer reads peptide sequences amino acid by amino acid, pinpointing single-site Alzheimer's mutations and modifications with single-residue resolution. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Detecting Alzheimer's disease early means finding molecular traces of it in blood or cerebrospinal fluid, sometimes when only a few hundred copies...