Mar 30, 2026 Chip-scale laser controls trapped ions for quantum clocks and qubits, enabling portable, scalable systems with high fidelity for sensing, computing, and space use. (Nanowerk News) In an ongoing effort to bring quantum science out of the tightly controlled lab environment and into the field, researchers from UC...
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One nanometer sits between neural stimulation and silence
Mar 30, 2026 A new theoretical framework reveals why magnetoelectric nanoparticles behave unpredictably and how their nonlinear physics can be harnessed to build fully wireless brain-computer interfaces. (Nanowerk Spotlight) A single nanometer can determine whether a nanoparticle stimulates a neuron or sits inert against its membrane. That extreme sensitivity to...
Quantum dot sensor detects circularly polarized light from UV to infrared
Mar 30, 2026 Researchers developed a quantum-dot circularly polarized light sensor using chiral charge transport layers, spanning ultraviolet to short-wave infrared wavelengths. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at DGIST have developed an optical sensor that reads the rotational direction of light across a spectral range stretching from ultraviolet to short-wave infrared, using...
Researchers solve the mystery of ultrafast quantum decoherence in solids
Mar 30, 2026 A research team has identified environmental interactions as the cause of ultrafast electronic decoherence in solids, a long-standing open question in quantum physics. (Nanowerk News) A physics team at DGIST has identified the microscopic mechanism responsible for the ultrafast loss of quantum coherence in solid materials, a...
Pairs of atoms observed existing in two places at once for the first time (w/video)
Mar 30, 2026 Quantum physicists observed atoms entangled in motion for the first time, using helium atoms with mass and gravity, opening new ways to explore how quantum mechanics interacts with gravity. (Nanowerk News) In a new quantum physics experiment, ANU researchers have shown that matter can experience entanglement –...
Gold nanopillar waveguide boosts quantum sensing with boron nitride spin defects
Mar 30, 2026 Gold nanopillars on a microwave waveguide combine plasmonics and strain to push hBN quantum sensor sensitivity near the best values on record. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Every electronic device, every living organism, and every mineral deposit produces a magnetic field. Most are too weak for conventional instruments to pick...
Quantum microscope captures electron interactions in graphene at room temperature
Mar 30, 2026 Scientists developed a new device capable of directly observing hidden electron interactions in graphene at room temperature. (Nanowerk News) An international team of researchers led by Dmitri Efetov , Professor of Experimental Solid State Physics at LMUs Faculty of Physics and MCQST co-coordinator for Research Area Quantum...
Turning everyday surfaces like walls and desks into touch panels (w/video)
Mar 30, 2026 Researchers developed an AR/MR typing method that turns any surface into a keyboard by using headset cameras and AI to detect fingertip blanching when pressing down, requiring no extra hardware. (Nanowerk News) Augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) headsets let us see the world around us...
The 3-in-1 neuromorphic image sensor that works more like a retina than a camera
Mar 29, 2026 A nanowire diode with a built-in electron trap senses, denoises, and classifies images without separate processing hardware, mimicking the retina and opening a path to smarter edge computing. (Nanowerk Spotlight) The human retina does not simply photograph the world and forward raw data. Its cells detect light,...
Adding letters to the DNA alphabet expands nanotechnology’s design options
Mar 28, 2026 Artificial DNA letters beyond A, T, G, C break a fundamental pairing rule to produce nanostructures with new shapes, far greater durability, and an unexpected ability to self-sort. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Among the defining features of the double helix, as Watson and Crick described it in 1953, is...