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Roadmap for reducing, reusing, and recycling in space
Dec 01, 2025 Rocket launches waste valuable materials and release greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting chemicals. Experts explore applying reduce, reuse, recycle to spacecraft design, repair, and repurposing. (Nanowerk News) Every time a rocket is launched, tons of valuable materials are lost, and huge amounts of greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting chemicals...
Light-up DNA switches for programmable molecular logic and sensing
Dec 01, 2025 Fluorogenic DNA aptamers produce light only in the correct structural state, enabling programmable molecular logic, biosensing, DNA origami integrity reporting, and reusable mRNA detection through allosteric control. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Allosteric regulation is one of biology’s most elegant forms of control. In these systems, a protein or RNA...
Artificial tendons give muscle-powered robots a boost
Dec 01, 2025 Researchers created tough hydrogel artificial tendons, attached them to lab-grown muscle to form a muscle-tendon unit, then linked the tendons to a robotic gripper's fingers. (Nanowerk News) Our muscles are nature’s actuators. The sinewy tissue is what generates the forces that make our bodies move. In recent...
Bird-of-paradise inspires darkest fabric ever mad
Cornell University. "Bird-of-paradise inspires darkest fabric ever mad." Nanowerk, 1 December 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68186.php. Cornell University. (2025, December 1). Bird-of-paradise inspires darkest fabric ever mad. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68186.php Cornell University, "Bird-of-paradise inspires darkest fabric ever mad," Nanowerk, December 1, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68186.php.
Gold nanoclusters provide new modifiable materials for nanoelectronics
University of Jyväskylä. "Gold nanoclusters provide new modifiable materials for nanoelectronics." Nanowerk, 1 December 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68180.php. University of Jyväskylä. (2025, December 1). Gold nanoclusters provide new modifiable materials for nanoelectronics. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68180.php University of Jyväskylä, "Gold nanoclusters provide new modifiable materials for nanoelectronics," Nanowerk, December 1, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68180.php.
Microrobot swarms reshape into moving pathways to carry cargo through tight spaces
Dec 01, 2025 Microrobot swarms self-assemble into artificial microtubules under confinement, moving cargo through tight channels and biological fluids using controlled magnetic fields that enable reversible transport. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Cells are cramped. They are filled with membranes, proteins and droplets of fluid that leave almost no open space. Yet within...
Smart, green sensor tag protects sensitive goods
Dec 01, 2025 A biodegradable smart sensing tag measures temperature and humidity in real time and flags threshold breaches, offering sustainable monitoring for sensitive shipments. (Nanowerk News) Researchers from Empa, EPFL and CSEM have developed a green smart sensing tag that measures temperature and humidity in real time – and...
The anti-counterfeit MXene label that destroys itself on demand
Nov 29, 2025 Screen-printed MXene-cellulose labels deliver infrared QR authentication, reversible thermal switching, and rapid 200-second degradation, offering durable industrial anti-counterfeiting with reduced environmental persistence. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Authentication tools became essential once manufactured goods began moving through long and opaque supply chains. The simplest methods such as serial numbers or...
Electrical activity detected for the first time in the Mars atmosphere
University of the Basque Country. "Electrical activity detected for the first time in the Mars atmosphere." Nanowerk, 28 November 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=68178.php. University of the Basque Country. (2025, November 28). Electrical activity detected for the first time in the Mars atmosphere. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=68178.php University of the Basque Country, "Electrical activity detected...