Oct 17, 2025 A light-sensitive polymer changes how it conducts heat and lithium ions by switching molecular order, revealing a path toward self-regulating materials for batteries and electronics. (Nanowerk Spotlight) In almost every energy device, from a smartphone battery to a solar cell, heat and charged particles move through materials....
Blog
Simple single-layer metasurface design boosts detection of circularly polarized light
Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering. "Simple single-layer metasurface design boosts detection of circularly polarized light." Nanowerk, 17 October 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67912.php. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering. (2025, October 17). Simple single-layer metasurface design boosts detection of circularly polarized light. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67912.php Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic...
Could these wacky warm Jupiters help astronomers solve the planet formation puzzle?
Oct 16, 2025 A new study explores how eccentric warm Jupiters - giant exoplanets with unusual oval orbits - form, offering clues about the origins of planetary systems like ours. (Nanowerk News) What do you do when you have an unanticipated astronomical phenomenon, a dataset made of planets thousands of...
A better way to monitor drug therapy at home
Oct 16, 2025 Researchers have created DNA-based signaling cascades that detect and measure molecules in blood within minutes, advancing rapid disease monitoring and treatment. (Nanowerk News) Chemists at Université de Montréal have developed "signaling cascades" made with DNA molecules to report and quantify the concentration of various molecules in a...
Atom-scale stencil patterns help nanoparticles take new shapes and learn new tricks (w/video)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "Atom-scale stencil patterns help nanoparticles take new shapes and learn new tricks." Nanowerk, 16 October 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67899.php. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (2025, October 16). Atom-scale stencil patterns help nanoparticles take new shapes and learn new tricks. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67899.php University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Atom-scale...
Researchers use nanotubes to improve blood flow in bioengineered tissues
Binghamton University. "Researchers use nanotubes to improve blood flow in bioengineered tissues." Nanowerk, 16 October 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/biotech/newsid=67903.php. Binghamton University. (2025, October 16). Researchers use nanotubes to improve blood flow in bioengineered tissues. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/biotech/newsid=67903.php Binghamton University, "Researchers use nanotubes to improve blood flow in bioengineered tissues," Nanowerk, October 16, 2025,...
Record-breaking spin waves could spark a new era of energy-saving electronics
Technische Universität Braunschweig. "Record spin waves thanks to flux quanta." Nanowerk, 16 October 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67904.php. Technische Universität Braunschweig. (2025, October 16). Record spin waves thanks to flux quanta. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67904.php Technische Universität Braunschweig, "Record spin waves thanks to flux quanta," Nanowerk, October 16, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67904.php.
A pill that prints
EPFL. "A pill that prints." Nanowerk, 16 October 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/biotech/newsid=67905.php. EPFL. (2025, October 16). A pill that prints. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/biotech/newsid=67905.php EPFL, "A pill that prints," Nanowerk, October 16, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/biotech/newsid=67905.php.
New chiral MOF boosts circularly polarized light to record intensity
Tsinghua University Press. "New chiral framework boosts circularly polarized light to record intensity." Nanowerk, 16 October 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67907.php. Tsinghua University Press. (2025, October 16). New chiral framework boosts circularly polarized light to record intensity. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=67907.php Tsinghua University Press, "New chiral framework boosts circularly polarized light to record intensity," Nanowerk,...
Mysterious glow in Milky Way could be evidence of dark matter
Johns Hopkins University. "Mysterious glow in Milky Way could be evidence of dark matter." Nanowerk, 16 October 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=67908.php. Johns Hopkins University. (2025, October 16). Mysterious glow in Milky Way could be evidence of dark matter. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=67908.php Johns Hopkins University, "Mysterious glow in Milky Way could be evidence of...