Cluster-based MOFs built from gold nanoclusters show adjustable electronic properties. Reducing cluster distance boosts conductivity up to 31x, enabling nanoelectronic uses.
Dec 1, 2025
Fluorogenic DNA aptamers produce light only in the correct structural state, enabling programmable molecular logic, biosensing, DNA origami integrity reporting, and reusable mRNA detection through allosteric control.
Dec 1, 2025
Ultrablack reflects less than 0.5% of light and is useful for cameras, solar panels, and telescopes but is hard to make and fades at angles, and researchers have now found a simple method to produce it.
Dec 1, 2025
Nanotechnology is no longer a laboratory curiosity. Over the last two decades it has moved from academic papers into the materials that make up everyday objects. Furniture makers are among the industries that are rapidly adopting nanoscale science...
Dec 1, 2025
Researchers from the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) and Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (CSIC) recently presented graphene-based brain interfaces that are more robust and durable, thanks to a hybrid coating o...
Dec 1, 2025
Screen-printed MXene-cellulose labels deliver infrared QR authentication, reversible thermal switching, and rapid 200-second degradation, offering durable industrial anti-counterfeiting with reduced environmental persistence.
Nov 29, 2025
An international team has discovered a simple and environmentally friendly way to power the next generation of self-charging electronics. The work is published in Nano Energy.
Nov 28, 2025
Bacteria that multiply on surfaces are a major headache in health care when they gain a foothold on, for example, implants or in catheters. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have found a new weapon to fight these hotbeds o...
Nov 28, 2025
What if a surface could instantly switch from sticky to slippery at the push of a button? By using electricity to control how ions and water structure at the solid liquid interface of self-assembled monolayers of aromatic molecules, researchers at...
Nov 28, 2025
Vehicles and buildings designed to enable survival in extreme environments, such as spacecraft, submarines and sealed shelters, heavily rely on systems for the management of carbon dioxide (CO2). These are technologies that can remove and release ...
Nov 28, 2025
