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Shape-shifting surface adds touch to displays
7+ hour, 50+ min ago (41+ words) Nanowerk Shape-shifting surface adds touch to displays A soft magnetic metasurface can morph into thousands of shapes, sense deformation, and show LED feedback, pointing to tactile interfaces, wearables, soft robotics, and AR/VR....
Glass cells of atoms offer a new path to smarter, cheaper sensors
8+ hour, 24+ min ago (46+ words) Nanowerk Glass cells of atoms offer a new path to smarter, cheaper sensors All-glass atomic vapor cells could enable smaller, cheaper, more stable sensors for navigation, radar and wireless signals without silicon interference....
Building digital twins as decision infrastructure for a complex world
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (41+ words) Nanowerk Building digital twins as decision infrastructure for a complex world From healthcare to climate forecasting, digital twins are expanding rapidly, with uncertainty, interoperability, and user needs emerging as key priorities....
IBM debuts world's first sub-1 nanometer chip technology
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (46+ words) Nanowerk IBM debuts world's first sub-1 nanometer chip technology Sub-1 nm chip tech stacks transistors vertically, letting more compute fit in less space while improving speed and efficiency. Nanostack, an Industry Breakthrough in Chip Design...
Electron buildup unlocks precision control of Janus 2 D semiconductors
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (43+ words) Plasma treatment weakens sulfur bonds, enabling precise room-temperature fabrication of Janus 2 D semiconductors for advanced electronics. Electron buildup unlocks precision control of Janus 2 D semiconductors Plasma treatment weakens sulfur bonds, enabling precise room-temperature fabrication of Janus 2 D semiconductors for advanced…...
Simpler ultraviolet optics could lower advanced chipmaking costs
1+ week, 3+ day ago (50+ words) Nanowerk Simpler ultraviolet optics could lower advanced chipmaking costs A redesigned lithography system could print finer chip features with simpler optics, lowering costs for faster, more efficient electronics. What is EUV lithography? Understanding semiconducting chip synthesis A step towards scalable…...
Vacuum-compatible high load hexapod
1+ week, 4+ day ago (65+ words) Nanowerk Vacuum-compatible high load hexapod Sub-micron precision and up to 200kg power-off holding capability. High Load Capacity for Vacuum Applications Self-Locking Design Improves Stability and Safety " up to 200kg and 50kg in Any Orientation Advantages for Vacuum Operation " More Compact than Conventional 6-DOF…...
Spintronic system protects cryptographic keys
1+ week, 5+ day ago (27+ words) Nanowerk Spintronic system protects cryptographic keys Physical state changes make unauthorized key extraction impossible to hide. One Device, Two Sources of Entropy...
Water-floating technique prints nano-circuits onto delicate surfaces
1+ week, 5+ day ago (98+ words) Nanowerk Water-floating technique prints nano-circuits onto delicate surfaces Water-floating transfer printing places ultra-thin metal nano-circuits on leaves, fruit, fibers and curved surfaces without heat, pressure or adhesives. - The method floats a 20-nanometer metal film on water, then scoops it onto…...
4 D-printed absorber uses heat-driven shape change to tune microwave shielding
2+ week, 1+ day ago (96+ words) Nanowerk 4 D-printed absorber uses heat-driven shape change to tune microwave shielding A 4 D-printed microwave absorber uses heat to reshape itself and strengthen internal energy loss, enabling tunable shielding after fabrication. - Fanbing Meng (Southwest Jiaotong University), 0000-0002-7956-1278 corresponding author Become a Spotlight…...