Dec 02, 2025 A new impact-based design turns gentle everyday motion into bursts of electricity, greatly boosting the power output of flexible piezoelectric devices for real-world use. (Nanowerk Spotlight) A person walking down a sidewalk produces dozens of tiny mechanical events: shoes bend, fabric flexes, and bones compress slightly under...
MOF-doped hydrogel functions as a self-pumping enzymatic reactor
Dec 02, 2025 Temperature responsive hydrogels combined with enzyme loaded metal organic frameworks actively move substrates and products and retain enzymes, enabling stable reusable catalysis and reliable glucose sensing in harsh environments. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Enzymes drive many chemical reactions used in biotechnology. They work in water, target specific molecules with...
Scientists develop a new method to measure cellular energy in real time
Dec 02, 2025 Researchers developed a genetically encoded fluorescence lifetime indicator that enables quantitative imaging of ATP levels inside living cells in real time. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, have developed a breakthrough method for quantitative imaging of ATP levels inside living cells....
Researchers develop light-controlled method to trigger brain signals
Kanazawa University. "Researchers develop light-controlled method to trigger brain signals." Nanowerk, 2 December 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/biotech/newsid=68191.php. Kanazawa University. (2025, December 2). Researchers develop light-controlled method to trigger brain signals. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/biotech/newsid=68191.php Kanazawa University, "Researchers develop light-controlled method to trigger brain signals," Nanowerk, December 2, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/biotech/newsid=68191.php.
Water molecules in motion reveal unexpected behavior on 2D materials
Graz University of Technology. "Water molecules in motion reveal unexpected behavior on 2D materials." Nanowerk, 2 December 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68193.php. Graz University of Technology. (2025, December 2). Water molecules in motion reveal unexpected behavior on 2D materials. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68193.php Graz University of Technology, "Water molecules in motion reveal unexpected behavior on...
Untangling magnetism
Kyoto University. "Untangling magnetism." Nanowerk, 2 December 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68192.php. Kyoto University. (2025, December 2). Untangling magnetism. Nanowerk. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68192.php Kyoto University, "Untangling magnetism," Nanowerk, December 2, 2025, https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news3/newsid=68192.php.
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.