A new EU project will introduce metamaterials that resemble spider webs and woodpeckers, which will help us fix some unresolved issues on transportation, health, and energy.
Jun 5th, 2021
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A team of computational and experimental engineers demonstrate a blueprint for building materials with new properties from nanocrystals.
Jun 4th, 2021
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A new experiment offers the cleanest proof yet for magnetism-driven transitions of metals to insulators.
Jun 4th, 2021
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In an effort to produce cheap, defect-free graphene in larger quantities, researchers have been using supercomputer resources to develop more efficient methods for producing graphene at the industrial scale.
Jun 4th, 2021
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A breakthrough technology uses nanoscale sensors and fiber optics to measure water status just inside a leaf's surface, where water in plants is most actively managed.
Jun 3rd, 2021
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In a first, the digital fiber contains memory, temperature sensors, and a trained neural network program for inferring physical activity.
Jun 3rd, 2021
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Researchers have developed a 3D-printed, biodegradable mini-capacitor that consists of carbon, cellulose, glycerin and table salt.
Jun 3rd, 2021
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New research shows particle-free silver microgrid outperforms other flexible high-performance transparent electrodes.
Jun 2nd, 2021
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Researchers are developing a new class of hydrogels that can leverage light for drug delivery and regenerative medicine treatments.
Jun 2nd, 2021
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2D material resists cracking and description by century-old theory of fracture mechanics.
Jun 2nd, 2021
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Researchers have engineered nanoparticles in a new way to improve detection of tumors within the body and in biopsy tissue.
Jun 2nd, 2021
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Acousto-electric devices reveal new road to miniaturizing wireless technology.
Jun 2nd, 2021
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Researchers have developed a novel approach to effectively mitigate electromigration, a phenomenon that has long posed challenges for the semiconductor and integrated circuits industry.
Jun 2nd, 2021
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Silica nanoparticles have significantly increased the effectiveness and precision of immunotherapies.
Jun 2nd, 2021
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Modeling this phenomenon with computer simulations can shed light on questions about how cancer cells invade healthy tissue or how leaves and flowers grow. But the behavior of cell aggregates is extremely complex, and fully capturing their structure and dynamics has proved tricky.
Jun 2nd, 2021
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Self-propelling microparticles enhance the dissolution of drugs in the stomach, achieving better bioavailability without the side effects of high dosing.
Jun 2nd, 2021
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