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Mar 13, 2025 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Lasers power modern life, from fiber optic networks that drive internet communications to precision tools that enable complex surgery. Most commercial lasers emit light at fixed wavelengths - specific colors that cannot be adjusted once manufactured. This limitation constrains their use in emerging applications like...

Mar 13, 2025 Researchers developed single-wall carbon nanotube sensors for detecting low hormone levels, paving the way for advanced, continuous health monitoring. (Nanowerk News) In the future, carbon nanotubes could enable major advances in healthcare, such as continuous health monitoring. Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have succeeded in...

Mar 13, 2025 Scientists have developed a method to track how lasers instantly change a material's transparency and conductivity on attosecond timescales, revealing ultrafast dynamics. (Nanowerk News) Instantly turning a material from opaque to transparent, or from a conductor to an insulator, is no longer the stuff of science fiction....

Mar 13, 2025 Researchers developed a new type of ceramic fiber aerogel, featuring highly anisotropic thermal conductivity and extreme thermal stability through directional bio-inspired design. (Nanowerk News) A research group led by Prof. WANG Zhenyang and ZHANG Shudong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of...

Mar 12, 2025 Researchers demonstrate how phosphorene nanoribbons' magnetic properties interact with light, paving the way for new quantum technologies. (Nanowerk News) Scientists have long suspected that phosphorene nanoribbons (PNRs) – thin pieces of black phosphorus, only a few nanometres wide – might exhibit unique magnetic and semiconducting properties, but...

Mar 12, 2025 The manufacturing technique involves melting and squeezing pure metals between two rigid van der Waals anvils under high pressure. (Nanowerk News) Since the groundbreaking discovery of graphene in 2004, the dizzying pace of progress in two-dimensional (2D) materials has ushered in a new era of fundamental research...

Mar 12, 2025 Neutron activation of gold nanoparticles enables visualization of drug distribution in mice. (Nanowerk News) Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have unique chemical and biological properties. Due to their potential to accumulate in tumors, these nanoparticles have emerged as promising drug carriers for cancer therapy and targeted drug delivery. However,...

Mar 12, 2025 New research suggests black holes may become white holes, ejecting matter and time, linking dark energy to time and reshaping our understanding of the universe. (Nanowerk News) Our understanding of black holes, time and the mysterious dark energy that dominates the universe could be revolutionised, as new...

Mar 12, 2025 Scientists present new insights into the complex nature of phase transitions in magnetic nanomaterials. Their findings pave the way for ultra-sensitive sensors. (Nanowerk News) When water freezes into ice or boils into vapour, its properties change dramatically at specific temperatures. These so-called phase transitions are fundamental to...

Mar 12, 2025 Inspired by how brainless lifeforms such as starfish and slime moulds move around, physicists have constructed 'odd' objects that autonomously roll, crawl and wiggle over unpredictable terrain, including uphill and over obstacles placed in their way. (Nanowerk News) Inspired by how brainless lifeforms such as starfish and...