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...
Novel nanowire platform reveals elusive astrocytes
Johns Hopkins University. "Novel nanowire platform reveals elusive astrocytes." Nanowerk, 24 November 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68155.php. Johns Hopkins University. (2025, November 24). Novel nanowire platform reveals elusive astrocytes. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68155.php Johns Hopkins University, "Novel nanowire platform reveals elusive astrocytes," Nanowerk, November 24, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68155.php.
Manufacturing nanoscale organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs)
Nov 24, 2025 A new one-step process miniaturises OLEDs to smaller than their emitted wavelength, enabling precise control of light direction and polarisation for displays, sensors and optical uses. (Nanowerk News) Miniaturisation ranks as the driving force behind the semiconductor industry. The tremendous gains in computer performance since the 1950s...
The first fully biodegradable piezoelectric nanoparticle takes aim at brain cancer
Nov 24, 2025 The first fully biodegradable and biocompatible piezoelectric chitosan nanoparticle uses ultrasound to trigger localized stress signals in glioblastoma cells, reducing proliferation and promoting apoptosis. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Glioblastoma is one of the most difficult cancers to treat. It infiltrates brain tissue, undermines surgical boundaries, and frequently returns even...
Germanium on silicon sets mobility record for next-generation chips
University of Warwick. "Germanium on silicon sets mobility record for next-generation chips." Nanowerk, 24 November 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68158.php. University of Warwick. (2025, November 24). Germanium on silicon sets mobility record for next-generation chips. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68158.php University of Warwick, "Germanium on silicon sets mobility record for next-generation chips," Nanowerk, November 24, 2025,...