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Mar 31, 2026 Researchers have presented the first example of an artificially made charged domain wall in a 2D ferroelectric material. (Nanowerk News) In a first for the field, materials scientists from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have interfaced two materials to artificially generate...

Mar 31, 2026 Researchers discovered a gut-liver serotonin axis where intestinal bacteria activate liver immune cells to clear drug delivery nanoparticles, revealing new ways to boost treatment efficacy. (Nanowerk News) Drug delivery carriers such as lipid nanoparticles (used in mRNA COVID vaccines), viral vectors (used in gene therapy), polymeric nanoparticles...

Mar 31, 2026 The protein nanoparticles could help doctors treat cancer and genetic diseases without using modified viruses, which sometimes have harmful side effects. (Nanowerk News) In a demonstration that helps pave the way for gene therapies with fewer side effects, several human cell types were genetically modified with protein...

Mar 31, 2026 A hygroscopic paper produced on industrial papermaking equipment harvests drinking water from air continuously using sunlight, bridging the gap between laboratory sorbent materials and field deployment. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Pulling drinking water directly from humid air, a process known as atmospheric water harvesting, works well in the laboratory....

Mar 31, 2026 A single MXene-based optical gate switches between seven Boolean logic functions via voltage, enabling trainable photonic networks for AI tasks. (Nanowerk Spotlight) All-optical logic platforms are regarded as promising candidates for next-generation information processing because they can, in principle, operate with high speed, large bandwidth, and low...

Mar 31, 2026 Researchers develop non-invasive carbon nanotube-based devices for the long-term measurement of bioelectric potentials in plants. (Nanowerk News) Nanofilm electrodes capable of detecting stress in plants through bioelectric potentials could pave the way for more resilient agriculture, report researchers from Institute of Science Tokyo. Thanks to the electrode’s...

Mar 31, 2026 Researchers developed a soft, conductive hydrogel that binds and releases growth factors via electrical signals, opening new paths for brain implants and bioelectronic medicine. (Nanowerk News) Many emerging medical technologies rely on seamless integration between biological systems and electronics. This requires materials that are soft, electrically conductive,...

Mar 31, 2026 A new model measures defects that can be leveraged to improve materials' mechanical strength, heat transfer, and energy-conversion efficiency. (Nanowerk News) In biology, defects are generally bad. But in materials science, defects can be intentionally tuned to give materials useful new properties. Today, atomic-scale defects are carefully...

Mar 31, 2026 Researchers have created a groundbreaking physics?informed machine?learning model that can run molecular simulations for unprecedented lengths of time, even at temperatures as high as 1000 Kelvin. (Nanowerk News) The study, published in Communications Chemistry ("Unprecedented robustness of physics-informed atomic energy models at and beyond room temperature"), explores...

Mar 31, 2026 Researchers develop an innovative solution that could lower costs and improve reliability for direct-to-device satellite links. (Nanowerk News) Swarms of pico-satellites could work together as a single large antenna for direct-to-smartphone communications, as reported by researchers from Japan. Instead of relying on a single large satellite with...