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Mar 25, 2026 Silicon nanospheres amplify second-harmonic generation from monolayer semiconductors over 40-fold while retaining valley-polarization information. (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers has demonstrated that silicon nanospheres placed on monolayer tungsten disulfide can amplify second-harmonic generation more than 40-fold without disrupting the circular polarization that encodes valley information. Published...

Mar 25, 2026 Tunable DNA hairpin springs stretch millions of protein copies under piconewton tension, enabling bulk biochemical discovery of binding partners invisible to single-molecule techniques. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Some proteins only reveal their full function when they are physically pulled. Under tension, their folded structures open up, exposing surfaces that...

Mar 25, 2026 Fluorinated donor-acceptor self-assembled molecules achieve 25.02% efficiency in inverted perovskite solar cells while improving film quality and ambient stability. (Nanowerk News) Perovskite solar cells built with a new class of donor-acceptor self-assembled molecules show measurable gains in both efficiency and durability. Researchers at National Taiwan University designed...

Mar 25, 2026 Researchers have engineered a dual-targeting nanocarrier that safely sneaks potent chemotherapy past the blood-brain barrier. By homing in on a specific protein expressed by both the glioblastoma cells and their protective helper cells, this approach directly shrinks the deadly tumor while reprogramming the immune system to join...

Mar 25, 2026 Researchers achieved precise control of graphene stacking using near-zero energy, enabling ultra-efficient memory, sensors, and brain-inspired computing systems. (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers from Tel Aviv University, in collaboration with colleagues from Japan, has taken an important step toward the next generation of electronics. The scientists...

Mar 24, 2026 A new unified model explains how thickness, defects, interface quality, and roughness together control the behavior of ultrathin oxide transistors. The work provides practical design rules for building low-leakage, normally-off devices suitable for future 3D chip stacking. (Nanowerk News) As the semiconductor industry pushes toward three-dimensional chip...

Mar 24, 2026 Electricity-driven materials replace motors and gears to power bird-like drone wings that flap, twist and morph, opening the door to simpler, lighter flapping-wing aircraft. (Nanowerk News) A bird banking in a crosswind doesn’t rely on spinning blades. Its wings flex, twist and respond instantly to its environment....

Mar 24, 2026 International research team presents new imaging technique to make lipids in cellular membranes visible and show how they are organized at the nanoscale. (Nanowerk News) An international research team has developed a new imaging method that visualizes individual lipids in cellular membranes in 3D, revealing for the...

Mar 24, 2026 Astronomers have observed two planets forming in the disc around a young star named WISPIT 2. These observations, and the unique structure of the disc around the star, indicate that the WISPIT 2 system could resemble a young Solar System. (Nanowerk News) “WISPIT 2 is the best...

Mar 24, 2026 Modified lipid nanoparticles shift delivery toward lymph nodes, enabling more potent immune therapies. (Nanowerk News) Penn Engineers have redesigned a key component of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), the delivery vehicles behind mRNA vaccines, to steer the particles toward lymph nodes while reducing off-target delivery to the liver. The...