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New method to predict stress at atomic scale

The amount of stress a material can withstand before it cracks is critical information when designing aircraft, spacecraft, and other structures. Aerospace engineers used machine learning for the first time to predict stress in copper at the atomic scale.

Nov 3rd, 2021

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Color-changing indicator predicts algal blooms

Researchers have developed an indicator that changes color when exposed to rising levels of alkaline phosphatase - an enzyme that forecasts phytoplankton's exponential growth. This change can be detected by the naked eye or a smartphone.

Nov 3rd, 2021

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Engineers invent ultra-fast manufacturing technology

Researchers have figured out a way to speed up production of wearable, electronic sensorswithout having to use polymer binders - the industry standard in printing flexible sensors, which are often used to monitor vital signs in health care settings.

Nov 3rd, 2021

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Developing medicines - software incorporates the motion of atoms

In order for medicines to be effective, researchers need precise information about the surface molecules of viruses or bacteria, for example. Often, the motion of the atoms of these molecules is neglected while developing medicines. But this can have consequences for its effectiveness. A team of researchers is working on software that incorporates such motions.

Nov 3rd, 2021

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Towards self-restoring electronic devices with long DNA molecules

The potential of DNA structural properties in single-molecule electronics has finally been harnessed in a single-molecule junction device that shows spontaneous self-restoring ability. Additionally, the device, based on a 'zipper' DNA configuration, shows unconventionally high electrical conductivity, opening doors to the development of novel nanoelectronic devices.

Nov 2nd, 2021

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Physicists discover how particles self-assemble (w/video)

A team of physicists has discovered how DNA molecules self-organize into adhesive patches between particles in response to assembly instructions. Its findings offer a 'proof of concept' for an innovative way to produce materials with a well-defined connectivity between the particles.

Nov 1st, 2021

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Spintronics: Exotic ferromagnetic order in two-dimensions

An international team has detected an unusual ferromagnetic property in a two-dimensional system, known as 'easy-plane anisotropy'. This could foster new energy efficient information technologies based on spintronics for data storage, among other things.

Nov 1st, 2021

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