Category: Blog

Dec 16, 2025 Chemical reactions that are sensitive to force could help power engineered materials that beat, twitch and shiver like living tissue for new applications in robotics and other technologies. (Nanowerk News) When people think of high-powered machines, they'd likely think of muscle cars before their own muscles. But...

Dec 16, 2025 Bizarre, lemon-shaped world has an atmosphere unlike any ever seen before. (Nanowerk News) Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have observed a rare type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system, whose atmospheric composition challenges our understanding of how it formed. Officially named PSR J2322-2650b,...

Dec 16, 2025 Double explosion may have produced gravitational waves and light. (Nanowerk News) When the most massive stars reach the ends of their lives, they blow up in spectacular supernova explosions, which seed the universe with heavy elements such as carbon and iron. Another type of explosion—the kilonova—occurs when...

Dec 16, 2025 A multifunctional electronic tattoo (e?tattoo) that integrates energy harvesting, energy storage, and real?time biometric sensing into a single, skin?conformal platform. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Boise State University have developed a breakthrough in wearable electronics: a multifunctional electronic tattoo (e‑tattoo) that integrates energy harvesting, energy storage, and real‑time...

Dec 15, 2025 Engineers debuted a new framework introducing computational tools and self-reflective AI assistants, potentially advancing fields like optical computing and astronomy. (Nanowerk News) Hyper-realistic holograms, next-generation sensors for autonomous robots, and slim augmented reality glasses are among the applications of metasurfaces, emerging photonic devices constructed from nanoscale building...

Dec 15, 2025 Researchers developed cSMRTS, an engineered mRNA that preferentially turns on therapeutic genes inside targeted cells, shown in mice, enabling safer, more precise treatments. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a first-of-its-kind mRNA system that switches on therapeutic genes preferentially...

Dec 16, 2025 When gas falls onto a compact object, such as a neutron star or black hole, due to its strong gravity (a process called accretion), it emits electromagnetic waves. High-sensitivity observations have discovered objects with extremely high X-ray luminosities. One possible explanation for the ultraluminosity is that an...

Dec 16, 2025 A solid-state ionic bilayer generates stable electricity for over 60 hours through spontaneous ion migration alone, eliminating the need for mechanical, thermal, or environmental triggers. (Nanowerk Spotlight) The search for reliable, self-sustaining power sources has intensified as wearable electronics, medical sensors, and distributed Internet of Things networks...

Dec 16, 2025 A research team has developed an enzyme that robustly and efficiently reduces formate to formaldehyde. This synthetic metabolic pathway is an important route for the sustainable conversion of CO2 into raw materials. (Nanowerk News) For a carbon-neutral bioeconomy, processes are needed that can efficiently capture CO2 and...

Dec 16, 2025 A nanoscale junction forces molecules into reactive configurations, allowing a small voltage to catalyze a chemical transformation that normally requires ultraviolet light. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Chemical reactions follow rules. One of the most fundamental is that molecular orbital symmetry must be conserved when molecules transform from one form...