Month: March 2025

Mar 31, 2025 New process upcycles hazardous chemicals to graphene. (Nanowerk News) Rice University researchers have developed an innovative solution to a pressing environmental challenge: removing and destroying per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly called “forever chemicals.” A study led by James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of...

Mar 31, 2025 A new photodetector design combines metal-organic frameworks and MXene materials to overcome silicon's performance limits, enabling broad-spectrum light detection without external power. (Nanowerk Spotlight) The efficient conversion of light into electrical signals is essential for many modern optoelectronic technologies, such as smartphone cameras, optical fiber communication, and...

Mar 31, 2025 Physicists used quantum tools to reveal that electrons in strange metals become highly entangled at a tipping point, offering insights for future superconductors. (Nanowerk News) Scientists have long sought to unravel the mysteries of strange metals — materials that defy conventional rules of electricity and magnetism. Now,...

Mar 31, 2025 Applying a magnetic field to rod-like viruses induces them to form disks of tunable shape and size. (Nanowerk News) Seeking to mimic self-assembly processes that occur naturally, RIKEN researchers have demonstrated that the self-assembly of rod-shaped viruses can be controlled by applying a magnetic field (Nature Communications,...

Mar 30, 2025 Artificial neurons modeled on biology learn independently, self-organizing and adapting based on information from their local network environment. (Nanowerk News) Novel artificial neurons learn independently and are more strongly modeled on their biological counterparts. A team of researchers from the Göttingen Campus Institute for Dynamics of Biological...

Mar 27, 2025 Squeezing the right amount of potassium ions between the atomic layers of molybdenum disulfide can turn it from a semiconductor into a metal, superconductor or insulator. (Nanowerk News) The same layered material can be made to behave as a superconductor, metal, semiconductor or insulator by using a...

Mar 28, 2025 Researchers demonstrate that a single transistor can mimic neural and synaptic behaviors, bringing brain-inspired computing closer to reality. (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have demonstrated that a single, standard silicon transistor, the fundamental building block of microchips used in computers, smartphones and...

Mar 28, 2025 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide represents an effective approach to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and produce valuable chemical feedstocks. While researchers have pursued this technology for decades, they've faced a persistent challenge: finding catalysts that can both activate the stable carbon...

Mar 27, 2025 Researchers have developed a nanocomposie hydrogel that responds to multiple stimuli for precise drug release. (Nanowerk News) Gels that respond to second near-infrared (NIR-II) light have shown promise in medical uses because they can be activated from a distance and NIR-II light can penetrate deeply into tissues,...

Mar 28, 2025 Mechanical metamaterials research demands interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation. (Nanowerk News) Metamaterials are artificially-structured materials with extraordinary properties not easily found in nature. With engineered three-dimensional (3D) geometries at the micro- and nanoscale, these architected materials achieve unique mechanical and physical properties with capabilities beyond those of conventional...