This Review presents the most recent ferroelectric materials with wurtzite structure and emphasizes applications in memory and storage-based microelectronic hardware.

This Review illustrates opportunities for the nanophotonics community when adopting machine learning approaches.

This Review analyses the possibilities that a nanomedicine approach offers to tackle COVID-19-induced thrombosis and the associated challenges.

This Review discusses the latest advances in nanopore technologies beyond DNA sequencing.

Here the authors report the delivery of neurotransmitter-conjugated KCC2 agonist using a reactive oxygen species–responsive polymer nanoparticle that can cross the damaged blood–spinal cord barrier and significantly increase recovery after spinal cord injury in vivo.

Yeast cells are engineered to prepare multifunctional synthetic biofragments as nanoprobes, which allow multivalent interactions and optimal molecular orientation on material surfaces for the detection of emerging biomarkers in a range of sensor platforms.

A laser printing approach generates physical unclonable fluorescent patterns, made from simple sugar. These environmentally friendly and ultraviolet-stable materials can be applied as anti-counterfeiting labels.

Spin waves are excited in a thin film of bismuth-doped yttrium iron garnet using radio-frequency pulses and interact with magnetic domain walls. Pulses as short as 1 ns translate a domain wall over 15 µm distances, offering control over domain-wall dynamics.

Autonomous microfluidics with plasmonic hot electron injection accelerates colorimetric DNA/RNA amplification detection and rapid diagnosis of pathogens in patient samples on par with polymerase chain reaction.

Quantum emitters with strong and tunable coupling to breathing-mode phonons are observed in bilayer WSe₂. The emission of each single photon heralds the creation of a phonon Fock state in the atomic-scale excitonic–optomechanical system.

Nanotechnology is advancing at an accelerated pace in applications and novel nanomaterials. To become an enabling technology for a more sustainable society, we identify and assess nanomaterials and applications trends with potentially significant environmental implications.

The mounting environmental pressure on coral reefs calls for a rapid push towards innovative actions. Nanotechnology could help understand and protect present-day reefs to ensure their survival.

The passing of Gordon Moore, an Intel co-founder, is a good time to reflect on the achievements of the semiconductors industry and how nanomaterials could allow Moore’s law to outlive its formulator.

Increasing the capacity of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is an effective strategy to enhance food security while simultaneously reducing the carbon and nitrogen footprint of agriculture. Nanotechnology offers several pathways to enhance BNF successfully.

Nanomedicines are complex drugs where components that have typically been regarded as excipients may now be considered part of the active ingredient. The distinction between the active ingredient and excipients for nanomedicines has important consequences for regulatory review and product development. The dissimilarity in the review of the recent ribonucleic acid (RNA)-based lipid nanoparticles highlights the need for further regulatory alignment on this topic.

Recent advancements in DNA nanotechnology are enabling the construction of both aesthetically pleasing and functional structures using synthetic DNA strands, paving the way for practical applications in various fields.