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Jan 27, 2026 AI agents are reshaping solid electrolyte design by combining data analysis, modeling, simulation, and experiment planning into adaptive workflows beyond single predictions. (Nanowerk News) Solid-state batteries are widely viewed as a key technology for the future of energy storage, particularly for electric vehicles and large-scale renewable energy...

Jan 27, 2026 Establishing a new quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics design principle based on electronic-state responses. (Nanowerk News) Professor Hirotoshi Mori of Chuo University's Department of Applied Chemistry, working alongside Nichika Ozawa, a first-year Ph.D. student at Ochanomizu University, and Assistant Professor Nahoko Kuroki, has proposed a new design principle that...

Jan 26, 2026 An international research team has demonstrated that Janus nanoparticles can disrupt the defenses of drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, restoring the effectiveness of conventional antibiotic treatments. (Nanowerk News) In the global battle against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), an international research team has unveiled a powerful new game-changer. Using distinctive “two-faced”...

Jan 26, 2026 Changing the angle of a GaAs substrate reshapes aluminum nanofilms, allowing large, controlled shifts in superconducting temperature, current, and magnetic limits. (Nanowerk News) Aluminum (Al) is one of the most important metallic elements because of its fundamental importance and practical device applications. In particular, Al thin films...

Jan 26, 2026 One-step, etch- free patterning enables clean, low-resistance graphene electrodes for transparent and flexible devices. (Nanowerk News) Transparent electrodes transmit light while conducting electricity and are increasingly important in bioelectronic and optoelectronic devices. Their combination of high optical transparency, low electrical resistance, and mechanical flexibility makes them well...

Jan 26, 2026 Human health risks from direct consumption of toxic nanoplastics are already scary, but researchers have confirmed that nanoplastics in water give rise to an additional threat: They strengthen bacteria. (Nanowerk News) In a recent study published in Water Research ("Nanoplastics induce prophage activation and quorum sensing to...

Jan 26, 2026 Scientists have created the highest resolution map of the dark matter that threads through the Universe, showing its influence on the formation of stars, galaxies and planets. (Nanowerk News) The research, including astronomers from Durham University, UK, tells us more about how this invisible substance helped pull...

Jan 26, 2026 Vertical graphene microstructures break the thickness-performance tradeoff in thermoacoustic speakers, enabling flexible audio devices that stretch to 500% strain without significant sound loss. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Flexible electronics have come tantalizingly close to merging with the human body. Thin-film displays that bend around wrists, sensors that stretch with...

Jan 26, 2026 Study shows aggressive cancer cells reveal themselves by physical behavior on textured metasurfaces, not genes, enabling fast, label-free detection missed by flat tests. (Nanowerk News) New study shows that aggressive cancer cells can be identified in a simple, new way; by how they physically behave, not just...

Jan 26, 2026 By stacking graphene with other ultrathin layers, researchers created a memory effect that stores data electrically with very low power and long retention. (Nanowerk News) A research team led by Professor Youngwook Kim from the Department of Physics and Chemistry, DGIST, in collaboration with the research team...