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High-speed AFM imaging reveals how brain enzyme forms a dodecameric ring structure
Scientists at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, have captured real-time images showing how a key brain enzyme organizes itself to help memory formation.
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Surprise discovery reveals silica's hidden potential in flat optics
An unexpected discovery in a Harvard lab has led to a breakthrough insight into choosing an unconventional material, silica, to make optical metasurfaces—ultra-thin, flat structures that control light at the nanoscale and ...
Nanophysics
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Atom-thin, content-addressable memory enables edge AI applications
Recent advances in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) have opened new exciting possibilities for the rapid analysis of data, the sourcing of information and the generation of use-specific content. To run AI models, ...
Reviving antibiotics with two-faced nanoparticles
Over the decades, many strains of disease-causing bacteria have evolved defenses to even the most potent antibiotics, setting off a growing health crisis. The rise of antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" has also set off an arms ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 9, 2026
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Behind nature's blueprints: Physicists create 'theoretical rulebook' of self-assembly
Inspired by biological systems, materials scientists have long sought to harness self-assembly to build nanomaterials. The challenge: the process seemed random and notoriously difficult to predict.
Nanophysics
Jan 8, 2026
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Ultrasonic sensor capable enables cuffless, non-invasive blood pressure measurement
A new technology has been developed that enables cuffless noninvasive blood pressure monitoring by using ultrasonic to track real-time changes in vascular diameter—without the need for a traditional cuff. The technology ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 8, 2026
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Porous copper nanosheets boost energy output in wearable nanogenerators
In recent years, two-dimensional (2D) single-crystalline metal nanosheets have emerged as a promising next-generation platform for self-powered electronics. However, their potential for triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs)—a ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 8, 2026
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Snowflake-like emergence phenomenon discovered in metal nanocrystals
Whether they're tickling your nose, hugging your eyelashes or melting on your tongue, few winter wonders are as fascinating as snowflakes.
Nanophysics
Jan 7, 2026
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Flexible material mimics octopus skin with nanoscale color and texture transformations
Stanford researchers have developed a flexible material that can quickly change its surface texture and colors, offering potential applications in camouflage, art, robotics, and even nanoscale bioengineering.
Nanophysics
Jan 7, 2026
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Bio-inspired nanochannels provide experimental evidence for uncovering brain memory mechanisms
A research team from the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Lanzhou University has obtained important experimental evidence for revealing brain memory mechanisms and developing a new type of ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 7, 2026
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Direct 3D printing of nanolasers can boost optical computing and quantum security
In future high-tech industries, such as high-speed optical computing for massive AI, quantum cryptographic communication, and ultra-high-resolution augmented reality (AR) displays, nanolasers—which process information using ...
Nanophysics
Jan 6, 2026
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Nanoparticles with AI-crafted sensors open paths to at-home cancer screening
Detecting cancer in the earliest stages could dramatically reduce cancer deaths because cancers are usually easier to treat when caught early. To help achieve that goal, MIT and Microsoft researchers are using artificial ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 6, 2026
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Programmable microparticles morph and self-propel under electrical fields
Researchers at CU Boulder have created tiny, microorganism-inspired particles that can change their shape and self-propel, much like living things, in response to electrical fields.
Bio & Medicine
Jan 6, 2026
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Ferroelectric materials boost data storage potential
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have used specialized tools to study materials at the atomic scale and analyze defects at the surface of ferroelectric materials. Results of their research help to better understand ...
Nanophysics
Jan 6, 2026
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AI approach takes optical system design from months to milliseconds
A team of researchers at Penn State have devised a new, streamlined approach to designing metasurfaces, a class of engineered materials that can manipulate light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation with just their ...
Nanophysics
Jan 5, 2026
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Discoveries rewrite how some minerals form and dissolve
Two related discoveries detailing nanocrystalline mineral formation and dynamics have broad implications for managing nuclear waste, predicting soil weathering, designing advanced bioproducts and materials and optimizing ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 5, 2026
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Inhalable nanotherapy against advanced melanoma aims for one-two punch
Immune checkpoint molecules play a crucial role in keeping the immune system in balance and preventing an attack on the body's own cells. Cancer cells can use these checkpoints to hide from the immune system, making them ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 5, 2026
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Tiny fluorescent core-shell silica nanoparticles supercharge cancer immunotherapy
A class of ultrasmall fluorescent core-shell silica nanoparticles developed at Cornell is showing an unexpected ability to rally the immune system against melanoma and dramatically improve the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy, ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 5, 2026
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Electron beams guide atomic-scale structural transformations in crystals
A joint research team from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory has achieved precise control and real-time observation of atomic-scale structural ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 5, 2026
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Nanoparticle therapy reprograms tumor immune cells to attack cancer from within
Within tumors in the human body, there are immune cells (macrophages) capable of fighting cancer, but they have been unable to perform their roles properly due to suppression by the tumor. A KAIST research team led by Professor ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 2, 2026
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