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Machine learning maps nanodiamond nanofluid performance on wavy surfaces

Researchers combine numerical modeling with neural networks to show how nanodiamond aggregation, magnetic fields, and surface waviness jointly shape nanofluid heat transfer.

March 18, 2026 Read more

Challenging a 300-year-old law of friction

Researchers found friction can arise without contact, driven by magnetic dynamics, and doesn't always increase with load but peaks when magnetic ordering becomes frustrated.

March 18, 2026 Read more

Sound waves could be used to remotely reprogram material stiffness

Researchers demonstrate acoustic wave control of mechanical kinks in topological metamaterials, enabling remote manipulation with potential for nanoscale applications.

March 18, 2026 Read more

Janus MoSSe monolayer achieves ultrafast charge trapping in 2D flash memory

A Janus MoSSe monolayer serves as a charge-trapping layer in 2D flash memory, achieving ultrafast programming, long data retention, and neuromorphic computing capability.

March 18, 2026 Read more

Laser process creates silicon-graphene battery anodes that barely lose charge

A single-step laser technique produces prelithiated silicon-graphene battery anodes with over 98% capacity retention after 2000 cycles under ambient conditions.

March 18, 2026 Read more

Nanoscale light trap creates exotic quantum phase at room temperature

Researchers used a nanostructured photonic device to create a supersolid, a phase that is both crystal and fluid, using light and matter particles at room temperature.

March 18, 2026 Read more

Dual-gate graphene transistor enables 20x more sensitive biosensing in liquids

The new framework can power sensors that measure forever chemicals in water, dopamine in the brain and more.

March 18, 2026 Read more

Engineering nano-architected 3D metallic parts

Researchers can now precisely engineer 3D metal parts at the nanoscale from any metal or alloy, yielding surprisingly strong components for medical, chip, and space uses.

March 18, 2026 Read more

Nanoscale hotspots in OLEDs may shorten their lifespans in phones, TVs

Concentrated rivers of current create flickering hotspots in conventional amorphous OLEDs, but crystalline designs may not have this problem.

March 17, 2026 Read more

Perovskite materials surprisingly shown capable of creating quantum bits

Researchers defy expectations by creating quantum bits from perovskite materials, once thought too unstable, opening a new field toward functional quantum computers.

March 17, 2026 Read more

Ultrathin lead-free piezoelectric films break the nanoscale thickness barrier

Engineered multilayer bismuth ferrite films achieve piezoelectric performance four times higher than conventional forms at just nanometers thick.

March 17, 2026 Read more

Lignin-based porous carbon enables 4.0 volt supercapacitor with low self-discharge

Researchers paired lignin-derived porous carbon electrodes with a fluorinated electrolyte to build a supercapacitor operating at 4.0 volts and 77.4 Wh per kg.

March 17, 2026 Read more

Superconductor advance could unlock ultra-energy-efficient electronics

Researchers designed a new superconducting material that works at higher temperatures and withstands strong magnetic fields.

March 17, 2026 Read more

New method produces longest-ever conductive polymer chains for atomically precise carbon nanoribbons

Chemists grew the longest conductive polymer chains ever made on a surface, nearly one micrometer long, using a clean process that enables precise nanoribbons.

March 16, 2026 Read more

Nanoplasmonic breath sensor chip detects pneumonia in minutes

Inhaled nanoparticles release disease biomarkers in the lungs, detected in exhaled breath by a chip-scale nanoplasmonic sensor for fast pneumonia diagnosis.

March 16, 2026 Read more

Single growth technique dopes atomically thin MoS2 with over 40 different elements

MoS2 monolayers doped across the periodic table show p-type, n-type, metallic, and magnetic behavior, providing building blocks for all-MoS2 device integration.

March 16, 2026 Read more