/ en-us Â鶹ŇůÔş internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Â鶹ŇůÔşics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A research team has developed an approach to significantly reduce the risk of cancer recurrence and metastasis after surgery, by targeting both bulk cancer cells and the elusive cancer stem cells (CSCs) responsible for relapse. /news/2025-09-nanovaccine-halts-tumor-growth-cancer.html Bio & Medicine Wed, 24 Sep 2025 08:59:04 EDT news677923141 Nanocellulose is a renewable nanomaterial made from plant fibers, with unique properties including lightness, very high strength and large surface area. The doctoral dissertation of Mohammad Karzarjeddi from the University of Oulu, Finland, investigated nanocellulose-based porous foam materials in water purification, smart packaging and wireless communications. These advanced cellulose applications reduce dependence on fossil-based materials. /news/2025-09-nanocellulose-based-foam-materials-purification.html Nanomaterials Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:59:02 EDT news677858341 A bane of farmers' existence, it's estimated that plant-eating pests are responsible for the loss of up to 40% of pre-harvest yields globally. But a new generation of crop treatments that target only "bad" bugs could mean big gains for the Canadian agriculture sector, improving pest management tools in an industry that in 2024 generated over $142 billion. /news/2025-09-nanotechnology-crop-munching-pests-beneficial.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:20:01 EDT news677846565 Researchers with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have created an innovative method to visualize and analyze atomic structures within specially designed, ultrathin bilayer 2D materials. When precisely aligned at an angle, these materials exhibit unique properties that could lead to advancements in quantum computing, superconductors and ultraefficient electronics. /news/2025-09-scientists-visualize-atomic-moir-materials.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:21:04 EDT news677845261 An Australian research team has achieved an advanced materials breakthrough that opens the door to a new generation of nanodrug applications. From drug delivery, to diagnostics, to gene editing and beyond, the breakthrough has the potential to improve outcomes for patients around the world in coming decades. /news/2025-09-lipid-nanoparticles-complex-options-generation.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:35:04 EDT news677842501 Plastics are valued for their durability, but that quality also makes them difficult to break down. Tiny pieces of debris known as microplastics persist in soil, water and air and threaten ecosystems and human health. /news/2025-09-mxene-ruthenium-catalyst-upcycling-plastics.html Polymers Analytical Chemistry Mon, 22 Sep 2025 14:15:04 EDT news677769301 Despite being one of the most familiar substances on Earth, water holds many secrets that scientists are still working to understand. When confined to extremely small spaces—such as within certain proteins, minerals, or artificial nanomaterials—water behaves in ways that are drastically different from its bulk liquid form. /news/2025-09-deep-unique-behavior-confined.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Mon, 22 Sep 2025 08:45:04 EDT news677749502 Antibiotic-resistant bacteria and emerging viruses are a rapidly increasing threat to the global health care system. About 5 million deaths each year are linked to antibiotic-resistant germs, and more than 20 million people died during the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Empa researchers are therefore working on new, urgently needed strategies to combat such pathogens. One of the goals is to prevent the spread of resistant pathogens and novel viruses with smart materials and technologies. /news/2025-09-antibiotic-resistance-surface-coating-germs.html Biotechnology Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:53:03 EDT news677425981 Last month, courts on both sides of the Atlantic delivered a clear verdict: When classifying titanium dioxide as carcinogenic, regulatory agencies had overreached. /news/2025-09-court-demand-scientific-certainty-case.html Nanomaterials Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:12:04 EDT news677419921 Black phosphorus nanoribbons (BPNRs), thin and narrow ribbon-like strips of black phosphorus, are known to exhibit highly advantageous electronic properties, including a tunable bandgap. This essentially means that the energy difference between the region where electrons are bound together (i.e., valence band) and that where electrons move freely (i.e., conduction band) can be easily controlled by adjusting the width of the nanoribbons. /news/2025-09-scalable-strategy-high-quality-black.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Wed, 17 Sep 2025 12:33:07 EDT news677331181 A research team has developed a composite catalyst using the novel material MXene that suppresses the generation of chloride ions—one of the key challenges in seawater electrolysis. This research outcome is expected to accelerate the practical application of seawater electrolysis technology by enabling stable hydrogen production even in seawater. /news/2025-09-mxene-electrode-material-seawater-corrosion.html Nanomaterials Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:10:04 EDT news677235854 Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have long been hailed as the future of clean mobility: cars that emit nothing but water while delivering high efficiency and power density. Yet a stubborn obstacle remains. The heart of the fuel cell, the platinum-based catalyst, is both expensive and prone to degradation. Over time, the catalyst deteriorates during operation, forcing frequent replacements and keeping hydrogen vehicles costly. /news/2025-09-atomic-ct-scan-reveals-gallium.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:05:04 EDT news677167502 Spintronics is an emerging field that leverages the spin, or the intrinsic angular momentum, of electrons. By harnessing this quantum-relativistic property, researchers aim to develop devices that store and transmit information faster, more efficiently, and at higher data densities, potentially making devices much smaller than what is possible today. These advances could drive next-generation memory, sensors, and even quantum technologies. /news/2025-09-advanced-ray-technique-enables-magnon.html Condensed Matter Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:39:06 EDT news676726742 Researchers at IMDEA Materials Institute have developed a pioneering method to assemble silicon nanowires into ordered, macroscopic networks: a key step toward expanding their industrial applications. /news/2025-09-silicon-nanowires-macroscopic-networks-advanced.html Nanomaterials Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:01:00 EDT news676645254 In a breakthrough for next-generation technologies, scientists have learned how to precisely control the behavior of tiny waves of light and electrons, paving the way for faster communications and quantum devices. /news/2025-09-terahertz-faster-electronics.html Optics & Photonics Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:20:04 EDT news676555462 Artificial intelligence has become an integral part of many people's everyday lives. Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot write letters and term papers for them, give tips for excursions on holiday or answer questions on every conceivable topic. /news/2025-09-ai-day-reliability-lags.html Education Sat, 06 Sep 2025 12:30:01 EDT news676293753 Two-dimensional nanomaterials only a few atoms thick are being explored for a range of critical applications in biomedicine, electronics, nanodevices, energy storage and other areas, especially to enhance performance in extreme environments and ultra-demanding conditions. /news/2025-09-2d-nanomaterials-metals-extreme-conditions.html Nanomaterials Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:19:04 EDT news676297138 In the battle against climate change, researchers are looking for ways to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into useful products. They're studying nano-sized materials called catalysts that can accelerate the conversion process or make it more efficient. Nanomaterials are magnitudes smaller than the width of a human hair. /news/2025-09-effective-catalyst-abundant-metals-emissions.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:06:04 EDT news676296362 With rising risk to the environment and human health, the race for biodegradable plastics is gaining pace—with several projects under way at Flinders University in South Australia. /news/2025-09-ingredient-bioplastic.html Biochemistry Polymers Thu, 04 Sep 2025 09:10:06 EDT news676195801 McGill University researchers have developed a novel method to replicate four types of microplastics commonly found in the environment, providing researchers with a standardized approach to study their toxic effects. /news/2025-09-standardized-approach-replicates-microplastics-lab.html Environment Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:45:03 EDT news676129501 Cell walls don't just provide support and protection for plants—they're also packed with energy-rich biomaterials that could open new pathways for additional fuel, chemical, and material sources in the U.S. That's why biologists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory are untangling the complex genetic mechanisms that regulate these useful plant materials, known as biomass. /news/2025-09-biologists-larger-tougher-crops-fuel.html Molecular & Computational biology Agriculture Wed, 03 Sep 2025 08:03:06 EDT news676105382 With the power to rewrite the genetic code underlying countless diseases, CRISPR holds immense promise to revolutionize medicine. But until scientists can deliver its gene-editing machinery safely and efficiently into relevant cells and tissues, that promise will remain out of reach. /news/2025-08-crispr-efficiency-triples-lab-dna.html Bio & Medicine Mon, 01 Sep 2025 15:00:03 EDT news675675301 Scientists from National Taiwan University have developed a new nanomaterial-based system that dramatically improves the detection of a wide range of psychoactive substances, including emerging designer drugs. /news/2025-08-generation-nanomaterial-efficient-multidrug-screening.html Bio & Medicine Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:32:50 EDT news675354766 At first glance, biology and quantum technology seem incompatible. Living systems operate in warm, noisy environments full of constant motion, while quantum technology typically requires extreme isolation and temperatures near absolute zero to function. /news/2025-08-scientists-cells-biological-qubit-multidisciplinary.html Quantum Â鶹ŇůÔşics Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:10:07 EDT news674925002 Most metals found in nature are actually in their oxide forms. To extract those metals for use in critical applications—ranging from infrastructure such as bridges and buildings to advanced technologies like airplanes, semiconductors or even quantum materials—those oxides must be reduced with gases. /news/2025-08-hydrogen-greener-faster-metal-production.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:55:06 EDT news674913302 For decades, researchers around the world have searched for alternatives to iridium, an extremely rare, incredibly expensive metal used in the production of clean hydrogen fuels. /news/2025-08-hydrogen-iridium-problem-afternoon-megalibrary.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:29:22 EDT news674828952 Metal oxide materials with nanoscale pores have been applied and studied in a wide range of fields, including as catalysts, adsorption and separation materials, and energy materials. Among them, single-crystalline nanoporous metal oxides—with interconnected nanopores in a single crystal—are especially lucrative. They have recently attracted attention as unique materials that combine the desirable properties of nanoporous materials, such as high specific surface area and large pore volume, with those of single crystals. /news/2025-08-vapor-based-method-crystallinity-pore.html Nanomaterials Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:01:23 EDT news674744472 A research team led by Prof. Huang Qing from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new way to "edit" the internal layers of certain advanced materials, called MAX phases, in a breakthrough that could lead to entirely new kinds of two-dimensional (2D) layered materials with valuable technological uses. /news/2025-08-scientists-method-layered-inorganic-materials.html Nanomaterials Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:58:04 EDT news674740676 Dr. Seon Joon Kim and his team at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)'s Convergence Research Center for SEIF have developed a high-conductivity amphiphilic MXene material that can be dispersed in water, polar and nonpolar organic solvents. /news/2025-08-high-amphiphilic-mxene-dispersed-wide.html Nanomaterials Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:33:02 EDT news674739181 Cancer remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and despite advancements in diagnosis and treatment, it continues to impose a significant health burden globally. Researchers have now started exploring various innovative methods, such as engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) that can enable targeted drug delivery to cancer cells. While promising, the in vivo behavior of pH-responsive ENMs, which continuously interact with body fluids once administered, remains poorly understood. /news/2025-08-ph-responsive-graphene-nanocarriers-precision.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Thu, 07 Aug 2025 10:20:04 EDT news673780802