Researchers developed a flexible, stretchable battery that bends and stretches like a snake. This new battery is expected to have a wide range of uses, such as in energy storage technology and disaster situations, by applying it to various types of devices, from soft robots to wearable devices.
Sep 28th, 2021
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By layering an optical metasurface onto a microscopic particle, and then using a light source to control it, researchers succeeded in moving the tiny vehicles in a variety of complex and precise ways - and even using them to transport other objects.
Sep 28th, 2021
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Scientists develop a compact and robust optical sensor that can convert light to digital signals for use in flexible electronics.
Sep 28th, 2021
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Scientists have succeeded in discovering a bona fide topological Mott insulator in twisted bilayer graphene model.
Sep 27th, 2021
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Researchers have developed a way to force an array of vertical cavity lasers to act together as a single laser - a highly effective laser network the size of a grain of sand.
Sep 24th, 2021
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In addition to using the twist angle to control the material's electronic properties, the researchers have also now demonstrated that the electrons in MoS2 can interfere destructively, stopping their motion for certain paths. This property makes it possible to engineer exotic magnetic states.
Sep 24th, 2021
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A new, 3D-printable polymer nanocomposite ink has incredible properties - and many applications in aerospace, medicine and electronics.
Sep 23rd, 2021
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To enable the tailoring of nanocellulose-based hydrogels, researchers developed avidin-conjugated nanocellulose.
Sep 23rd, 2021
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Researchers have demonstrated a high performance MXene-GaN-MXene based multiple quantum well photodetector prepared on patterned sapphire substrate by facile drop casting.
Sep 23rd, 2021
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An international research team has created an extremely energy-efficient optical switch that could replace electronic transistors in a new generation of computers manipulating photons rather than electrons.
Sep 23rd, 2021
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Exotic phase transitions unlock pathways to future, superfluid-based technologies.
Sep 23rd, 2021
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Scientists have created cell-size robots that can be powered and steered by ultrasound waves. Despite their tiny size, these micro-robotic swimmers - whose movements were inspired by bacteria and sperm - could one day be a formidable new tool for targeted drug delivery.
Sep 23rd, 2021
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New advanced speckle technique enables high precision metrology for X-ray mirrors.
Sep 23rd, 2021
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Researchers have succeeded in guiding electrons through a photonic nanostructured channel, an essential component of particle accelerators.
Sep 22nd, 2021
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Researchers can now direct the traffic of electrons in nanomaterials well enough to analyze it - and, down the road, put it to use in next-gen technology.
Sep 22nd, 2021
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The development of metallic hydrides with large hydrogen storage capacities will be crucial in bringing a hydrogen economy into existence. Scientists have now discovered that the hardness of base metals - an ingredient for hydride synthesis - is the dominant factor affecting their ability to hydrogenate.
Sep 22nd, 2021
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