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News•Jan 21, 2026
Engineered Mucus-Tethering Bispecific Nanobodies Enhance Mucosal Immunity Against Respiratory Pathogens
Researchers engineered bispecific nanobodies that tether to airway mucus, creating a localized barrier against respiratory viruses. In mouse models, the mucus‑anchored nanobodies dramatically lowered H1N1 influenza titers in nasal passages, trachea and lungs. In a hamster cohousing experiment, a single pretreatment prevented SARS‑CoV‑2 transmission to naïve contacts. The work is protected by pending patents and suggests a new platform for mucosal therapeutics.
By Nature Nanotechnology
News•Jan 21, 2026
Revealing Hidden Pathways in Hybrid Plasmonic Nanostructures
Researchers led by Denis Karaiskaj used multidimensional electronic spectroscopy to uncover previously hidden energy transfer pathways in hybrid plasmonic nanostructures. The technique captured the rapid shift from coherent to incoherent excitations with femtosecond temporal resolution. Results demonstrate that these nanostructures...
By Nature Nanotechnology
News•Jan 20, 2026
Nanoscience at the Centre of Optical Computing
Optical computing is gaining traction as a low‑energy alternative for AI‑driven workloads, leveraging nanophotonic structures to perform high‑bandwidth linear operations. Advances in photonic crystals, plasmonics, quantum‑dot lasers, and metasurfaces are shrinking key functions to the nanoscale, enabling on‑chip integration. However,...
By Nature Nanotechnology
News•Jan 20, 2026
Light Could Lower AI’s Appetite for Power
Optical computing is emerging as a low‑power alternative for artificial intelligence by using photons instead of electrons. Recent breakthroughs in metasurfaces, plasmonics, and thin‑film lithium niobate have enabled photonic circuits that can be co‑integrated with CMOS chips. These hybrid photonic‑CMOS...
By Nature Nanotechnology
News•Jan 20, 2026
Nanoparticle-Mediated Targeting Chimeras Transform Targeted Protein Degradation
Recent studies demonstrate that ligand‑installed nanoparticles can act as targeting chimeras, directing both membrane‑bound and intracellular proteins to degradation pathways. Liu et al. (2025) showed broad membrane protein degradation across diverse nanoparticle platforms, while Huang et al. (2024) revealed that positively charged...
By Nature Nanotechnology
News•Jan 19, 2026
Spatiotemporal Targeting of Messenger RNA Lipid Nanoparticles to the Endometrium for the Treatment of Reproductive Disorders
Researchers engineered lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) functionalized with an RGD peptide directly attached to the lipid tail, enabling precise mRNA delivery to the uterine endometrium during the window of implantation. In mouse models, the RGD‑LNPs achieved a 3,900‑fold increase in uterine...
By Nature Nanotechnology
News•Jan 16, 2026
Excitonic Negative Refraction Mediated by Magnetic Orders
A new study demonstrates that excitons in the van der Waals magnet CrSBr can exhibit negative refraction when coupled to magnetic order, creating a tunable exciton‑polariton beam steering effect. The authors report an ultra‑low‑loss regime where the refractive index becomes negative for...
By Nature Nanotechnology
News•Jan 16, 2026
Resolving DNA Origami Structural Integrity and Pharmacokinetics in Vivo
The study introduces PLASTIQ, a proximity‑ligation assay that quantifies intact DNA origami structures in vivo with single‑helix resolution. Using ligatable staple pairs, the method detects intact nanostructures from as little as 1 µl of blood, achieving a 0.01 fM detection limit. PLASTIQ...
By Nature Nanotechnology
News•Jan 15, 2026
Superionic Composite Electrolytes with Continuously Perpendicular-Aligned Pathways for Pressure-Less All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries
The study presents a biomimetic composite electrolyte that couples perpendicularly aligned 2D LiMPS nanosheets with polyethylene oxide, forming continuous superionic conduction pathways (CSCPs). This architecture achieves 10.2 mS cm⁻¹ ionic conductivity at 25 °C for the LiCdPS variant and 6.1 mS cm⁻¹ for LiMnPS, while...
By Nature Nanotechnology
News•Jan 14, 2026
Lesion-Targeted, Severity-Responsive Nanoparticle Delivery for RNA Therapy in Osteoarthritis
Researchers introduced Matrix‑Inverse Targeting (MINT) nanoparticles that exploit cartilage matrix changes to deliver RNA therapeutics directly to osteoarthritic lesions. The particles sense lesion severity, releasing siRNA or mRNA only in damaged zones, which in animal models halted cartilage degeneration and...
By Nature Nanotechnology