May 19, 2026 Researchers are developing scalable, efficient and lower-cost electrolysis materials to make green hydrogen production more competitive. (Nanowerk News) Hydrogen can partially replace fossil fuels, which makes it a cornerstone of the energy transition. The idea is simple: electricity from renewable sources plus water equals hydrogen and oxygen....
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Chemical route enables scalable III-V infrared quantum dot synthesis
May 18, 2026 Scientists esearchers mapped the metal-amide chemistry that controls heavy-pnictogen reduction, enabling reproducible and scalable III-V infrared quantum dots. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Sungkyunkwan University have identified the chemical route that governs how heavy-pnictogen precursors are reduced during the synthesis of III–V infrared semiconductor quantum dots. The work...
Bringing bacteria into better focus
May 18, 2026 New optical fiber uses laser heating and bubble convection to trap thousands of bacteria and nanoparticles in 60 seconds, enabling faster, more sensitive detection. (Nanowerk News) How to collect what you can barely find? Concentrate it. Osaka Metropolitan University researchers have developed a light-driven technique that quickly...
New AI infrastructure to help robots and machines learn in real time
May 18, 2026 By processing data on site rather than in distant cloud systems, the Vetra AI infrastructure enables faster, safer learning for robotics and other AI-powered technologies. (Nanowerk News) As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly moves from digital systems into the physical world – powering robots, sensors and real‑time decision‑making...
Nanoscale device converts wasted infrared light into usable energy
May 18, 2026 Researchers have developed a nanoscale device that converts low-energy infrared and red light into higher-energy visible light, eventually improving solar panels, sensing technologies and advanced manufacturing systems. (Nanowerk News) Published in Nature Photonics ("Structural exciton localization drives efficient solid-state sensitized triplet fusion upconversion"), the research addresses a...
Nanoarchitectonics rebuilds spent battery cathodes with fluorine from PFAS forever chemicals
May 18, 2026 Nanoarchitectonics uses fluorine from PFAS to rebuild spent lithium-iron phosphate cathodes into high-capacity composite electrodes. (Nanowerk Spotlight) PFAS are usually treated as chemicals to destroy, not ingredients to reuse. They are a large family of fluorine-containing compounds used in products that need to resist heat, water, oil,...
New process enables fabrication of transistors from perovskite
May 18, 2026 A new approach controls low-cost solution processing of perovskites, improving the order of their thin layers for use in solar cells, LEDs and transistors. (Nanowerk News) Perovskites are a class of materials with a unique crystal structure that suits applications such as fabricating solar cells, light-emitting diodes...
Graphene-engineered wood lowers the power barrier for laser propulsion
May 17, 2027 Porous wood and graphene create a light-trapping propellant that enables efficient laser ablation at unusually low continuous wave intensity. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Light does not simply hit a material and stop. In a smooth, dense solid, much of it may reflect from the surface or heat a thin...
A new heat transport regime discovered in 2D semiconductors
May 15, 2026 Ultrathin 2D semiconductors show strongly impeded thermal diffusion at room temperature, opening new routes for device heat management. (Nanowerk News) Controlling heat flow is a major challenge for many technologies. In electronic and photonic devices, for example, heat dissipation can limit the performance and efficiency, as well...
Silk made into strong plastic-like materials with 6G potential
May 15, 2026 The new manufacturing method preserves silk's crystalline structure and could help upcycle short fibers into telecom equipment. (Nanowerk News) Silk threads can be fused into transparent, plastic-like materials that twist terahertz frequencies of light, according to research led by Imperial College London, University of Michigan Engineering and...