Sep 07, 2025 Fluorescent nanomaterials smaller than 10 nm can disrupt drug-resistant bacteria through multiple mechanisms while enabling real-time imaging, offering a new direction in antimicrobial strategy development. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Hospital wards, neonatal units, and intensive care facilities across the world are seeing a growing number of infections that no...
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Bamboo-inspired design improves ion flow in thick MXene electrodes
Sep 07, 2025 A bamboo-inspired design helps ions move faster through thick energy storage materials, improving performance and enabling more efficient, scalable batteries and supercapacitors. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Getting charged particles to move through solids quickly and efficiently remains one of the most basic and stubborn problems in energy storage. It...
Attosecond control of superconducting cavities sets new standard for X-ray lasers
DESY. "Attosecond control of superconducting cavities sets new standard for X-ray lasers." Nanowerk, 6 September 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67570.php. DESY. (2025, September 6). Attosecond control of superconducting cavities sets new standard for X-ray lasers. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67570.php DESY, "Attosecond control of superconducting cavities sets new standard for X-ray lasers," Nanowerk, September 6, 2025,...
Entanglement offers insight into quantum computer speed limits
Sep 06, 2025 Scientists have established a relationship between the complexity of a problem, and the physical processes of entanglement required to solve it. (Nanowerk News) Since the 1990s, evidence has been growing that quantum computers should be able to solve a range of particularly complex computational problems, with applications...
Neighboring star’s warped ring shaped by evolving planets
Sep 06, 2025 Unusual shape of Fomalhaut's debris ring shows evidence of sculpting by ancient planets, rewriting story of planetary system evolution. (Nanowerk News) Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have made the highest resolution image to date, revealing new insights into the unusual and mysterious architecture of...
A cleaner way to make hydrogen starts with a single atom
Sep 06, 2025 Anchoring single metal atoms on ultrathin supports improves catalyst efficiency and stability, making hydrogen production cleaner, more scalable, and less dependent on scarce metals. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Producing clean hydrogen from water using electricity sounds simple enough. Run a current through water, collect the hydrogen at one end...
Blueprints for a molecular machine more powerful than CRISPR
Sep 06, 2025 Scientists study a molecular machine that moves jumping genes in DNA, paving the way for a new gene editing tool beyond CRISPR-Cas9. (Nanowerk News) More than a decade ago, scientists harnessed a bacterial molecular machine that identifies and cuts specific sections of DNA, revolutionizing the ability to...
Scientists stack the odds with record-breaking 2D nanomaterials
Sep 06, 2025 Researchers create MXenes with up to nine metals, uncovering how atomic order and disorder shape the future of high-performance 2D materials. (Nanowerk News) Two-dimensional nanomaterials only a few atoms thick are being explored for a range of critical applications in biomedicine, electronics, nanodevices, energy storage and other...
Watching nanometer filament extension in real-time
National Taiwan University. "Watching nanometer filament extension in real-time." Nanowerk, 5 September 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67561.php. National Taiwan University. (2025, September 5). Watching nanometer filament extension in real-time. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67561.php National Taiwan University, "Watching nanometer filament extension in real-time," Nanowerk, September 5, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67561.php.
Making diamonds with electron radiation
The University of Tokyo. "Making diamonds with electron radiation." Nanowerk, 5 September 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67562.php. The University of Tokyo. (2025, September 5). Making diamonds with electron radiation. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67562.php The University of Tokyo, "Making diamonds with electron radiation," Nanowerk, September 5, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67562.php.