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New nanoparticle technology offers hope for hard-to-treat diseases

A new perspective describes engineered nanoparticles that target and degrade disease-causing proteins, opening new ways to treat dementia, brain cancer, and other conditions.

January 22, 2026 Read more

Tuning color through molecular stacking: A new strategy for smarter pressure sensors

Initially stacked benzene layers increase fluorescent color change drastically when exposed to pressure, suggesting new ways to design the pressure sensors used in machinery and medical devices.

January 22, 2026 Read more

PI introduces miniaturized alignment engine platform for scalable, parallel E/O wafer-level test

Parallel piezo aligners with fly height sensors enable faster PIC wafer testing.

January 22, 2026 Read more

When scientists build nanoscale architecture to solve textile and pharmaceutical industry challenges

The study highlights a novel engineered crystalline membrane, whose one-nanometre gateways act as a high-precision sieve, enabling the recycling of polluted textile wastewater and improving the purity and cost-efficiency of generic medicines.

January 21, 2026 Read more

Defects in 2D materials enable terahertz spin qubits

Atomic-scale defects in 2D materials show terahertz spin splitting, pointing to robust spin qubits and single-photon emitters at higher temperatures.

January 21, 2026 Read more

Metal nanoparticles show quantum interference at macroscopic scales

Experiments reveal that metallic nanoparticles thousands of atoms wide can exist in quantum superposition, providing a stringent test of quantum mechanics.

January 21, 2026 Read more

Soft nanoparticles exploit membrane stiffness to deliver mRNA selectively into cancer cells

Cancer cells have softer membranes than healthy cells. New nanoparticles exploit this physical difference to fuse selectively with tumors and deliver mRNA therapy with minimal off-target effects.

January 21, 2026 Read more

Using magnetic frustration to probe new quantum possibilities

A new study shows how frustrated magnetic interactions in a triangular lattice create unconventional, fluctuating states for quantum technologies.

January 21, 2026 Read more

Tungsten oxide nanorods with removable dopants enable low-cost sodium-based smart windows

Researchers unlock sodium-based electrochromic capacity in nanorods by introducing thermally removable dopants, offering a practical solution for thermal regulation.

January 21, 2026 Read more

Sculpting complex, 3D nanostructures with a focused ion beam

Scientists have developed a new way to fabricate three-dimensional nanoscale devices from single-crystal materials using a focused ion beam instrument. The group used this new method to carve helical-shaped devices from a topological magnet composed of cobalt, tin, and sulfur.

January 21, 2026 Read more

Stacked memristor arrays compute Euclidean distance in memory to accelerate self-organizing maps

A novel stacked memristor architecture performs Euclidean distance calculations directly within memory, enabling energy-efficient self-organizing maps without external arithmetic circuits.

January 21, 2026 Read more

Double-cycle circular cavity Raman system enables stable, high-sensitivity gas detection

A misalignment-tolerant multi-pass optical cavity boosts weak Raman signals, doubling path length and enabling stable, sensitive trace gas detection in air.

January 21, 2026 Read more

Tackling thermal management challenges in portable fuel cell reactors

Researchers have developed a safer and thermally resistant microreactor to power smart devices with fuel cell-compatible fuels.

January 21, 2026 Read more

Untangling tree-like structures within thin-films

Understanding how dendrites that form in thin films could be the key to next-generation materials for beyond-5G communications technologies.

January 21, 2026 Read more

Nanoparticles that shrink over time deliver eye drugs to the retina without injections

Eye drop nanoparticles that shrink over time overcome the eye's natural defenses, delivering protein drugs to the retina and matching the effectiveness of direct injection in mice.

January 20, 2026 Read more

Trapped helium nanodroplets enable seconds long ultracold studies

Researchers succeeded for the first time in storing electrically charged helium nanodroplets in an ion trap for up to one minute. This extends the time window for experiments with these extremely cold 'mini-laboratories' by a factor of 10,000 compared to previous methods.

January 20, 2026 Read more