Oregon State University researchers reported an electrochemical sensor that uses reduced graphene oxide in a nanocomposite designed to speed up food-quality testing. The device was built to detect theobromine in drinks and chocolate milk, pointing to a practical route for lower-cost screening outside conventional labs.
A Northwestern University-led team has reported a synthesis method that can tune both the composition and surface structure of high-entropy alloy nanoparticles, then scale the process to millions of particles on a chip. The advance could make it easier to identify catalysts for clean hydrogen, energy storage and other chemical processes.
MIT.nano’s 2026 START.nano cohort includes a startup developing nanomaterial-based ion detectors for analytical, chemical and radiation instruments, a sign that a niche sensing platform is moving closer to commercial use.
Hememics Biotechnologies and General Graphene say they have manufactured more than 100,000 graphene biosensors, marking a manufacturing milestone for a 32-plex diagnostic platform aimed at faster point-of-care testing.
Canada has awarded Nano One Materials $4.3 million to scale up its lithium-iron-phosphate production process, a commercialization push for a battery material widely used in electric vehicles and energy storage systems.
Aeluma said on April 21, 2026, that it received a NASA award to advance integrated quantum dot lasers for data communication and sensing, a funding step aimed at accelerating commercialization of silicon photonics components.
