Nov 26, 2025 Passive organic upconversion and nanophotonic enhancements convert weak infrared light into visible images, enabling passive visible imaging without electrical power or lasers. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Night vision often brings to mind the green tinted scenes seen in movies, where the world is made visible through specialized optical goggles....
Nanoscale mini-fridges boost chip power with ion-driven cooling
University of Osaka. "Nanoscale mini-fridges boost chip power with ion-driven cooling." Nanowerk, 26 November 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68168.php. University of Osaka. (2025, November 26). Nanoscale mini-fridges boost chip power with ion-driven cooling. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68168.php University of Osaka, "Nanoscale mini-fridges boost chip power with ion-driven cooling," Nanowerk, November 26, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68168.php.
Nanoflower-boosted stem cells recharge damaged mitochondria and restore cell energy
Texas A&M University. "Nanoflower-boosted stem cells recharge damaged mitochondria and restore cell energy." Nanowerk, 25 November 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68164.php. Texas A&M University. (2025, November 25). Nanoflower-boosted stem cells recharge damaged mitochondria and restore cell energy. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68164.php Texas A&M University, "Nanoflower-boosted stem cells recharge damaged mitochondria and restore cell energy," Nanowerk,...
Puzzling ultraviolet radiation in the birthplaces of stars
Nov 25, 2025 JWST's MIRI instrument detected ultraviolet radiation in five young Ophiuchus protostars, revealing its strong influence on nearby material and challenging star formation models. (Nanowerk News) Iason Skretas (MPIfR) and Agata Karska (University Torun & MPIfR) together with an international team of astronomers used the MIRI instrument onboard...
How borophene turns oxygen from battery hazard to power source
Nov 25, 2025 Hydrogenated borophene with cobalt nickel compounds enables stable lithium hydroxide chemistry in water, activating oxygen sites for high energy storage and exceptional cycling performance in aqueous devices. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Lithium batteries dominate phones, laptops, and electric cars, but their biggest weakness has little to do with lithium...
Machine learning speeds platinum nanocatalyst discovery and stops high temperature sintering
Nov 25, 2025 A fast and accurate surrogate model screens over 10,000 possible metal-oxide supports for a platinum nanocatalyst to prevent sintering under high temperatures. (Nanowerk News) Metal nanoparticles catalyze reactions to synthesize chemicals and fuels, but they tend to sinter—or clump together—which reduces their surface area and effectiveness under...
The trampoline design that unlocks graphene’s sensing potential
Nov 25, 2025 Graphene trampoline resonators anchored by narrow tethers achieve high quality factors at room temperature, maintaining coherence and outperforming drumhead designs for potential nanomechanical sensing applications. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Nanomechanical resonators operate by vibrating at well-defined frequencies, and tiny changes in their physical environment shift those vibrations in measurable...
Work and heat in quantum systems
Nov 25, 2025 Scientists have developed a new approach to applying thermodynamics to microscopic quantum systems. (Nanowerk News) In 1798, the officer and physicist Benjamin Thompson (a.k.a. Count Rumford) observed the drilling of cannon barrels in Munich and concluded that heat is not a substance but can be created in...
Nanoscale catalyst converts nitrate pollution into clean ammonia
Tohoku University. "Nanoscale catalyst converts nitrate pollution into clean ammonia." Nanowerk, 25 November 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68162.php. Tohoku University. (2025, November 25). Nanoscale catalyst converts nitrate pollution into clean ammonia. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68162.php Tohoku University, "Nanoscale catalyst converts nitrate pollution into clean ammonia," Nanowerk, November 25, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68162.php.
This soft material reveals its motion through afterglow
Nov 24, 2025 A phosphorescent liquid-crystal elastomer combines shape change with persistent afterglow, enabling soft materials that visibly track motion, encode hidden patterns and respond to heat or targeted ultraviolet illumination. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Phosphorescent pigments appear in places where light must persist after illumination disappears. They line emergency exits, aircraft...