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Turning red blood cells into ultrasound-activated nanoparticle cancer killers
Nanoparticles built from red blood cell membranes and loaded with a sound-sensitive dye kill liver cancer cells when triggered by ultrasound while remaining nontoxic without activation.
March 26, 2026 Read more
Ultra-thin metal-organic framework nanosheets built like molecular Lego
Researchers developed a method to self-assemble metal-organic framework nanosheets just 3 nanometers thick at a liquid-air interface, without toxic solvents or high temperatures.
March 26, 2026 Read more
Biochar-based nanotechnology cleans toxic herbicide from soil while protecting crops
A new study has developed an innovative biochar-based nanomaterial that can rapidly remove harmful herbicides from soil while simultaneously protecting crops from contamination. The research offers a promising solution to one of agriculture's most persistent challenges: balancing soil remediation with food safety.
March 26, 2026 Read more
3D metastructures enable time-programmable color encryption with built-in self-destruction
3D metastructures produce programmable structural colors for optical encryption, with a destruction mechanism that permanently erases data after readout.
March 26, 2026 Read more
How a graphene toothbrush that sold 10 million units actually kills bacteria
Researchers identify why graphene oxide selectively destroys bacteria while remaining safe for human cells, with applications from toothbrushes to sportswear.
March 26, 2026 Read more
Nanostructured LED produces circularly polarized light without bulky optics
A new LED design uses a built-in nanoscale metasurface to emit circularly polarized light directly, eliminating bulky optics for 3D displays and AR devices.
March 26, 2026 Read more
New laser method grows molecule-thick films only where needed on graphene
Researchers have developed a new method based on laser modification, which allows metal-organic materials to be grown locally one molecule-thick layer at a time. The method enables the precise construction of films of different shapes and offers new ways to modify the properties of materials for various applications.
March 26, 2026 Read more
Why solid-state batteries keep short-circuiting
New insights into metallic cracks that harm battery performance could advance the longstanding quest to develop energy-dense solid-state batteries.
March 25, 2026 Read more
Spin-flip emitter harvests doubled excitons for higher solar cell efficiency
A molybdenum-based spin-flip emitter harvested singlet fission excitons at 130% quantum yield, demonstrating a new path beyond the Shockley-Queisser solar cell efficiency limit.
March 25, 2026 Read more
Programmable DNA origami nanodevice reveals force-dependent protein interactions
Tunable DNA hairpin springs stretch millions of protein copies under piconewton tension, enabling bulk biochemical discovery of binding partners invisible to single-molecule techniques.
March 25, 2026 Read more
Precision-engineered Trojan Horse nanoplatform against brain cancer
Researchers have engineered a dual-targeting nanocarrier that safely sneaks potent chemotherapy past the blood-brain barrier. By homing in on a specific protein expressed by both the glioblastoma cells and their protective helper cells, this approach directly shrinks the deadly tumor while reprogramming the immune system to join the fight.
March 25, 2026 Read more
New donor-acceptor self-assembled molecules boost perovskite solar cell efficiency
Fluorinated donor-acceptor self-assembled molecules achieve 25.02% efficiency in inverted perovskite solar cells while improving film quality and ambient stability.
March 25, 2026 Read more
Silicon nanospheres amplify second-harmonic generation while preserving valley polarization
Silicon nanospheres amplify second-harmonic generation from monolayer semiconductors over 40-fold while retaining valley-polarization information.
March 25, 2026 Read more
Single material flips between two quantum states with simple chemical tuning
Extracting and restoring potassium from layers of nickel and sulfur enables switching between two electronic states.
March 25, 2026 Read more
Sliding layers in stacked graphene could power ultra-efficient memory
Researchers achieved precise control of graphene stacking using near-zero energy, enabling ultra-efficient memory, sensors, and brain-inspired computing systems.
March 25, 2026 Read more
New lipid nanoparticle design improves precision of mRNA vaccine delivery
Modified lipid nanoparticles shift delivery toward lymph nodes, enabling more potent immune therapies.
March 24, 2026 Read more
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