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Variety in building block softness makes for softer amorphous materials
New model for disordered solids reveals traits behind microscopic force transmission.
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New quantum sensing scheme could lead to enhanced high-precision nanoscopic techniques
Researchers have unveiled a quantum sensing scheme that achieves the pinnacle of quantum sensitivity in measuring the transverse displacement between two interfering photons.
Today, 08:35 UTC
Hungry, hungry white dwarfs: solving the puzzle of stellar metal pollution
Scientists believe they have found a reason why white dwarfs eat their nearby planetesimals.
May 3, 2024
Tweaking isotopes sheds light on promising approach to engineer semiconductors
Researchers demonstrated that small changes in the isotopic content of thin semiconductor materials can influence their optical and electronic properties, possibly opening the way to new and advanced designs with the semiconductors.
May 3, 2024
Aligned peptide 'noodles' could enable lab-grown biological tissues
The development of a novel fabrication process to create aligned nanofiber hydrogels could offer new possibilities for tissue regeneration after injury and provide a way to test therapeutic drug candidates without the use of animals.
May 3, 2024
Towards transparent and antimicrobial surfaces for touch displays
Researchers developed a durable and transparent antimicrobial surface containing copper nanoparticles. The nanostructured surface was obtained by dewetting ultrathin metal copper films on a glass substrate.
May 3, 2024
Advancing responsive colloidal nanomaterials with virus-polymer crystals
Scientists create self-assembling colloidal crystals from bacteriophages and synthetic polymers that could enable responsive drug delivery, antimicrobial surfaces, biosensors and tunable nanomaterials.
May 3, 2024
Physicists arrange atoms in extremely close proximity
The technique opens possibilities for exploring exotic states of matter and building new quantum materials.
May 3, 2024
Marriage of synthetic biology and 3D printing produces programmable living materials
Researchers report 3D printing a bioink containing plant cells that were then genetically modified, producing programmable materials.
May 2, 2024
Bioinspired magnetic soft actuators rapidly deform using bone-in-flesh constructs
Researchers have developed untethered magnetic soft actuators that mimic biological structures for ultrafast, precise motions while maintaining impact resistance.
May 2, 2024
Random robots are more reliable
New AI algorithm for robots consistently outperforms state-of-the-art systems.
May 2, 2024
Toxic chemicals can be detected with new AI method
Scientists have developed an AI method that improves the identification of toxic chemicals - based solely on knowledge of the molecular structure.
May 2, 2024
Perovskite-based tandem solar cells
All-perovskite tandem solar cells could soon pick up where silicon solar cells reach their limits. Researchers are working on scaling them up and making them ready for the real world.
May 2, 2024
Researchers unlock potential of 2D magnetic devices for future computing
Researchers created an innovative method to control tiny magnetic states within ultrathin, two-dimensional van der Waals magnets - a process akin to how flipping a light switch controls a bulb.
May 2, 2024
Nanotechnology opens door to future of insulin medication
The new nano carrier, tested in mice, rats and baboon animal models, could help people with diabetes avoid side-effects linked to insulin injections such as hypoglycemia (a low blood sugar event, when too much insulin has been injected).
May 2, 2024
A 'cosmic glitch' in gravity
Scientists have discovered a potential 'cosmic glitch' in the universe's gravity, explaining its strange behavior on a cosmic scale.
May 1, 2024
New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars
Manganese-rich sandstones indicate there were once habitable conditions in the Gale Crater.
May 1, 2024
Scientists show that there is indeed an 'entropy' of quantum entanglement
Researchers confirm entropy rule in quantum entanglement to enhance understanding and future quantum computers.
May 1, 2024