May 06, 2026 Scientists reveal the first images of the elusive flat bands inside magic-angle graphene - finding that the electrons within behave, simultaneously, as two opposite kinds of particle. (Nanowerk News) Inside a strange and now-famous material called magic-angle graphene, the electrons have been behaving in ways that shouldn't...
Light-emitting memristors create neuromorphic display systems
May 06, 2026 A three-terminal light-emitting memristor lets display pixels store memory, process signals, and emit light for faster local edge AI responses. (Nanowerk Spotlight) The role of a display in edge AI systems, which process data close to where it is collected, is expanding from passive presentation to active...
Room-temperature method tackles calibration challenge in molecular electronics
May 06, 2026 Experts in quantum transport have published a new method for measuring distances at the nanometre scale at room temperature. They also reports, for the first time, gold structures just three atoms thick in nanocontacts. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the University of Alicante (UA) have developed a highly...
New kind of CRISPR could treat viral infection and cancer by shredding sick cells’ DNA
May 06, 2026 New CRISPR tool shreds targeted cells instead of editing genes, showing promise for killing diseased cells while sparing healthy ones. (Nanowerk News) A new kind of CRISPR that destroys cells rather than gene editing them has shown potential for killing sick cells while leaving healthy cells untouched....
Smart packaging uses good viruses to kill food bacteria
May 06, 2026 Phage-infused alginate packaging helps fight biofilms, limit bacterial growth, preserve freshness, and support safer, greener shelf life. (Nanowerk News) Food packaging does more than hold our food; it protects it from contamination, preserves freshness, and keeps us safe. But some bacteria are relentless, forming biofilms that cling...
Wafer-level meta-aspheric lens enables ultracompact wide-angle near-infrared imaging
May 06, 2026 Researchers developed a wafer-level meta-aspheric lens combining 101.5-degree field of view, 3.39 mm thickness, and high imaging quality for AR glasses and smartphones. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Hunan University and their collaborators have developed a meta-aspheric lens that combines wide-angle near-infrared imaging, an ultrathin profile, and high...
Twisting atom thin materials reveals new way to save computing energy
May 06, 2026 A recent study shows a new and potentially more energy efficient way for information to be transmitted inside electronic systems, including computers and phones - without relying on electric currents or external magnetic fields. (Nanowerk News) In today’s electronics, information is transmitted by moving electrons through circuits,...
Plasmonic nanomachines use light to create motion
May 06, 2026 Plasmonic nanomachines use light-generated gradients to create local force, offering a design framework for controlled motion at micro- and nanoscale dimensions. (Nanowerk Spotlight) A machine seems simple at human scale: supply energy, generate force, produce motion. That intuition breaks down when the moving object becomes smaller than...
With large DNA fragment assembly, scientists can design microbes that produce countless complex products
May 06, 2026 Scientists can now build and combine large DNA pieces, letting microbes like yeast and bacteria become efficient cell factories for medicines, fuels and chemicals. (Nanowerk News) A review in Quantitative Biology ("Advances in large DNA fragment assembly for microbial cell factory engineering") demonstrates that scientists can now...
A comprehensive theory for nematoelasticity
May 05, 2026 Theorists address an experimental paradox by developing a general theory uniting a kind of order known as electronic nematicity with a crystal's elasticity. (Nanowerk News) Electronic nematicity is a phase of some crystalline solids in which electrons’ collective properties, such as charge or spin densities, organize themselves...