Feb 13, 2026 Scientists developed a light-responsive artificial nucleic acid that enables reversible, controllable crosslinking within DNA, opening doors for nanomedicine, DNA nanotechnologies and drug delivery. (Nanowerk News) DNA, the blueprint of life, is best known for its fundamental role as genetic material: storing and transmitting biological information through the...
AI-guided protein design for enhanced intracellular antibodies
Feb 13, 2026 Researchers use a machine learning approach to improve the stability and performance of antibodies inside cells. (Nanowerk News) A new artificial intelligence-driven pipeline developed in a collaborative research combines protein structure prediction, sequence design, and live-cell screening together to enable rapid conversion of antibody sequences into functional...
Cleaner solar manufacturing could cut global emissions by eight billion tonnes
Feb 13, 2026 Next-gen solar panel manufacturing could dramatically cut global carbon emissions, with newer designs outperforming current tech in nearly all environmental measures, a new study finds. (Nanowerk News) Manufacturing next-generation solar panels could cut global carbon emissions by up to 8.2 billion tonnes by 2035, finds a new...
When heat flows like water
Feb 13, 2026 Researchers have shown theoretically that, in highly ordered materials, heat can flow toward warmer regions without violating the laws of thermodynamics. Their work could help design electronics that minimize heat loss. (Nanowerk News) To understand how heat normally flows, you could study the second law of thermodynamics...
When machine learning shows its reasoning, electrocatalyst discovery accelerates
Feb 13, 2026 Machine learning algorithms that output human-readable equations and design rules are transforming how electrocatalysts for clean-energy reactions are screened, identified, and validated across millions of candidates. (Nanowerk Spotlight) The electrochemical reactions that drive clean-energy technology, from water splitting and fuel-cell oxygen reduction to carbon dioxide conversion and...
Scientists bottle the sun with liquid battery
Feb 13, 2026 A new bio-inspired molecule captures solar energy and releases it as heat on demand, outperforming lithium-ion batteries (Nanowerk News) When the sun goes down, solar panels stop working. This is the fundamental hurdle of renewable energy: how to save the sun’s power for a rainy day —...
Recyclable ink for 3D printing
Feb 12, 2026 Researchers developed a fully recyclable, lignin-based 3D printing ink that solidifies without heat, stays stable up to 200 C, and can be reused via simple rehydration. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon recently introduced a fully recyclable ink for 3D printing that is made from the...
3D printing soft matter in zero gravity
Feb 12, 2026 What happens to soft matter when gravity disappears? To answer this, physicists launched a fluid dynamics experiment on a sounding rocket. The suborbital rocket reached an altitude of 267 km before falling back to Earth, providing six minutes of weightlessness. (Nanowerk News) In these six minutes, the...
New method could reveal hidden supermassive black hole binaries
Feb 12, 2026 Researchers propose detecting tight supermassive black hole binaries via repeating light flashes from stars magnified by gravitational lensing as the pair orbits, offering a new way to spot these hidden systems with upcoming surveys. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Oxford University and the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational...
Nanolaser can halve a computer’s energy use
Feb 12, 2026 The invention of a nanolaser is the first step towards future digital communication, where communication on microchips can be based entirely on light particles. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at DTU have developed a groundbreaking nanolaser that could be the key to much faster and much more energy-efficient computers,...