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Controlled micro-explosions from oil-coated liquid metal rapidly clear blood clots
Silicone oil controls liquid metal reactions that produce micro-explosions, rapidly clearing clots in preclinical artery models with heat, bubbles, and chemistry.
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Nano-insights into bone stability
Fractures of the femoral neck are not simply due to insufficient bone density. Also significant is their nanostructure - the orientation of the collagen fibres that make up bones.
Today, 15:33 UTC
Transparent nanosheets could shrink cameras without sacrificing resolution
Gallium-doped zinc oxide nanosheets let one pixel detect red, green and blue light, pointing to thinner, sharper sensors for phones, endoscopes and space.
Today, 13:27 UTC
A black hole theory comes to life in the lab
A new study shows that time-variations in tailored materials can reproduce the physics of ultrafast rotating bodies, enabling selective amplification of electromagnetic waves.
Today, 13:31 UTC
A stitched MOF membrane tackles PFAS in water without sacrificing flow
Edge-stitched MOF membranes improve water purification by reinforcing weak seams while preserving PFAS rejection, water flow, and fouling resistance.
July 8, 2026
AI and Ising machines unlock smarter RNA design
New study explores a factorization machine with quadratic-optimization annealing-based optimization framework for RNA design.
July 8, 2026
New CRISPR method makes it possible to control protein production in cells
A new CRISPR method can precisely boost rRNA production, allowing researchers to control protein production in cells and study disease mechanisms.
July 8, 2026
Squeezing a quantum material unlocks stronger superconductivity
Scientists used muons to show how pressure makes tantalum disulfide superconduct in 3D at three times higher temperatures.
July 8, 2026
A robot that reads bacteria by touch
Researchers have developed a robotic platform that identifies Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria through touch-based electrical signals, without staining or chemical labels. The study achieved rapid classification within 0.62 seconds and 90.93% accuracy.
July 8, 2026
Large language model guides discovery of catalysts for clean energy tech
An AI assistant for high-entropy alloy (HEA) electrocatalysis named ChatHEA provided a helping hand not just to extract data from the literature, but provide suggestions for promising catalysts, design experiments, and analyze data.
July 8, 2026
New chip redirects light beams in less than a trillionth of a second
A new light-based device redirects beams in 74 femtoseconds, using ultrathin engineered surfaces to enable faster photonic communications and computing.
July 8, 2026
Unlocking the secrets of individual cells one molecule at a time
An improved cell analysis technique boosts sensitivity and stability, mapping lipid patterns in mouse brain tissue at 5 micrometer resolution.
July 8, 2026
Cleaning up clean energy
Researchers develop a green recycling process that recovers valuable metals from fuel cells and other hydrogen technologies.
July 8, 2026
New ultrathin lens focuses light into an optical needle
Optical needle allows optical coherence tomography to maintain high resolution over a much greater imaging depth.
July 8, 2026
A device that behaves like a single neuron
Nanoscale structure made from inorganic material could be used to improve artificial retinas and to make AI more efficient.
July 7, 2026
Holographic printer produces ultra-high aspect-ratio 3D microstructures in one shot
Engineers use nanoscale 'mask' to avoid leaky seams that come with standard layering process.
July 7, 2026
3D printed hydrogel bioelectronics bridge soft tissue and medical devices
Researchers review how 3D printed hydrogel bioelectronics can improve sensing, adhesion and soft tissue interfaces in medical devices.
July 7, 2026
Self-propelled nanoparticles hunt down target proteins inside tumor cells
Self-propelled nanoparticles use tumor cell chemistry to find target proteins more efficiently and trigger their removal.
July 7, 2026
Bulk magnetic quasicrystals made without rapid quenching
Researchers created stable bulk ferromagnetic quasicrystals without rapid quenching, opening a clearer route to study quasiperiodic magnetism.
July 7, 2026
A new ultra-compact sensor paves the way for more powerful and scalable silicon quantum processors
Researchers have demonstrated an advanced readout sensor for spin qubits that, while being more compact that previous designs, can reach the level of readout precision needed to implement quantum error correction protocols.
July 7, 2026
How proximity steals energy from nanoresonators
Researchers show that placing insolating materials near ultracoherent nanomechanical resonators causes energy loss. The work reveals a previously overlooked design constraint for devices that rely on bringing tiny mechanical structures close to other components.
July 7, 2026