Apr 10, 2025 Cost-effective chiral nanostructures enable precise light control at the nanoscale, advancing applications in sensing, imaging, and emerging quantum technologies. (Nanowerk News) Researchers from ICMAB are revolutionizing how we manipulate light at the nanoscale using chiral plasmonic structures—nanomaterials designed to interact with polarized light in extraordinary ways. ICMAB...
Advancing neuronal research using 3D polymeric micro-scaffolds integrated with quantum sensors
Apr 10, 2025 A recent research study has successfully merged two cutting-edge 3D tissue engineering strategies - 3D polymeric scaffolds and 3D neuronal spheroids - to create a highly advanced model for studying neuronal behaviour and disease. (Nanowerk News) A recent research study (Advanced Healthcare Materials, "Smart Polymeric 3D Microscaffolds...
Tiny, soft robot flexes its potential as a life saver
Apr 08, 2025 Flexible, semi-autonomous robot could potentially find disaster victims buried in rubble, deliver medicine inside body. (Nanowerk News) A tiny, soft, flexible robot that can crawl through earthquake rubble to find trapped victims or travel inside the human body to deliver medicine may seem like science fiction, but...
Simple cryogenic process mass-produces high-quality borophene for flexible electronics
Apr 09, 2025 Scientists have created a scalable cryogenic process for producing borophene sheets that efficiently harvest energy from motion, enabling next-generation flexible electronics. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Scientists have created a remarkably simple method to produce borophene—a material that could revolutionize everything from wearable electronics to battery technology. The new approach...
Bacteria-enhanced graphene oxide nanoparticles for triple-action tumor erradication
Apr 03, 2025 Researchers developed graphene oxide nanoparticles that combine chemotherapy, immune activation, and photothermal heating to effectively destroy tumors. (Nanowerk News) Modern cancer treatments have evolved beyond traditional chemotherapy to include targeted approaches such as immunotherapy, radiation therapy, and photothermal therapy. Graphene oxide (GO), known for its biocompatibility, high...
Engineering smart delivery for gene editors
Apr 09, 2025 Researchers developed an advanced delivery system that transports gene-editing tools based on the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing system into living cells with significantly greater efficiency than before. (Nanowerk News) A research team from Helmholtz Munich and the Technical University of Munich has developed an advanced delivery system that transports...
How 3D printing Is shaping the future of tiny devices
Apr 09, 2025 Researchers show how 3D printing enables sub-micron precision in microelectronics and microfluidics, offering a flexible alternative to traditional methods. (Nanowerk News) As micro and nanotechnology continue to evolve, the demand for devices with complex structures and precise size control has skyrocketed. Traditional manufacturing methods, however, often struggle...
Creating tiny biomedical factories from common bacteria
Apr 09, 2025 Engineered bacteria secrete powerful nanoparticles to aid in drug delivery, vaccines and treating medical conditions, such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease. (Nanowerk News) Researchers led by the University of Waterloo have discovered how to turn common bacteria into high-efficiency factories capable of producing tiny, powerful particles for drug...
Could LLMs help design our next medicines and materials?
Apr 09, 2025 A new method lets users ask, in plain language, for a new molecule with certain properties, and receive a detailed description of how to synthesize it (Nanowerk News) The process of discovering molecules that have the properties needed to create new medicines and materials is cumbersome and...
Scientists uncover spin-catalytic activity correlation in single-atom and -electron tailored gold nanoclusters
Apr 09, 2025 Researchers precisely removed a gold nanoparticle's core atom and outermost electron to study how magnetic spin affects its catalytic activity. (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has consecutively removed the innermost atom and...