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New ceramic fiber boosts nanogenerators for self-powered grid sensors

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers design branch-heterostructure ceramic fibers that triple nanogenerator output and enable accurate self-powered power grid monitoring.

Sep 19, 2025

Ultrathin films of ferromagnetic oxide reveal a hidden Hall effect mechanism

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers demonstrate spontaneous in-plane Hall effect in SrRuO3 films, revealing new insights into electron transport.

Sep 19, 2025

Cerebral Energy awarded Phase II SBIR by Space Development Agency (SDA) for solid state graphene-based batteries

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Cerebral Energy, a company that develops next-gen energy systems with advanced materials derived from US waste streams for the US Department of Defense and other federal agencies, has announced it has been selected by Space Development Agency (SDA...

Sep 19, 2025

Court rulings increasingly demand scientific certainty—but the case of titanium dioxide shows that's not always possible

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Last month, courts on both sides of the Atlantic delivered a clear verdict: When classifying titanium dioxide as carcinogenic, regulatory agencies had overreached. These parallel legal defeats expose deeper questions about who gets to interpret co...

Sep 18, 2025

Thermal trigger: Scientists develop heat-activated protein control for targeted cell death

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Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, report in ACS Nano, how proteins in cells can be controllably activated through heating, an effect that can be used to initiate programmed cell death.

Sep 18, 2025

Hybrid nanoantennas enable light capture from diamond defects

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Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Humboldt University in Berlin have developed a way to capture nearly all the light emitted from tiny diamond defects known as color centers. By placing nanodiamonds into specially designed ...

Sep 18, 2025

Bioengineers explore how tumor mechanics and tiny messengers could shape the future of cancer research

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

When Ph.D. student Kshitiz Parihar began combing through dozens of research papers on two seemingly different topics—tumor mechanics and extracellular vesicles, tiny packages of proteins and genetic material secreted by cells—he noticed something ...

Sep 18, 2025

New light-powered gears fit inside a strand of hair

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have made light-powered gears on a micrometer scale. This paves the way for the smallest on-chip motors in history, which can fit inside a strand of hair. The research is published in the journal Nature ...

Sep 18, 2025

Lasers just made atoms dance, unlocking the future of electronics

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists at Michigan State University have discovered how to use ultrafast lasers to wiggle atoms in exotic materials, temporarily altering their electronic behavior. By combining cutting-edge microscopes with quantum simulations, they created a...

Sep 18, 2025

'Quantum squeezing' a nanoscale particle for the first time

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The achievement paves the way for understanding the transition between a particle's classical and quantum behavior.

Sep 18, 2025

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