Propelling micrometre-sized drones using light only and exerting precise control: Physicists have succeeded at this for the first time. Their microdrones are significantly smaller than red blood cells.
Apr 21st, 2022
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Solitons often combine into pairs with very short temporal separation. Introducing atomic vibrations in the terahertz range, researchers have now solved the puzzle of how these temporal links are formed.
Apr 21st, 2022
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Clothing that can sense our health, communicate information with others, and generate electricity may soon be hitting the market.
Apr 21st, 2022
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A novel photolithography technique could be a manufacturing game-changer for optical applications.
Apr 21st, 2022
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Scientists have succeeded in visualizing crystal nucleation - the stage that precedes crystallization - that was invisible until now.
Apr 21st, 2022
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Researchers have launched a joint project to investigate novel materials for spintronics.
Apr 21st, 2022
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In a global first, scientists have demonstrated that molecular robots are able to accomplish cargo delivery by employing a strategy of swarming, achieving a transport efficiency five times greater than that of single robots.
Apr 20th, 2022
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A new review article discusses the optimization strategies and synthesis of multifunctional graphene-based composite photocatalysts.
Apr 20th, 2022
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Researchers searching for candidate materials to remediate NO2 and SO2 investigated a series of MOFs that can be made from the entire family of rare-earth metals. They used computer simulations and a combination of neutron and x-ray scattering experiments to help them determine the optimal conditions for synthesizing the materials.
Apr 20th, 2022
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Engineers have laid the groundwork for a new system for 3D printing that doesn't require that an object be printed from the bottom up.
Apr 20th, 2022
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Growing thin layers of crystals made from different materials on top of each other isn't easy. Could a technique called 'dative epitaxy' help?
Apr 20th, 2022
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Researchers have discovered that light - in the form of a laser - can trigger a form of magnetism in a normally nonmagnetic 2D material.
Apr 20th, 2022
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With microscopic, bowl-shaped hydrogel containers called 'nanovials', a research team recently demonstrated the ability to select cells based on what type they are, and which compounds - and how much of those compounds - they secrete.
Apr 20th, 2022
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Flexible, antibacterial conductive hydrogel-ePatch enables personalized, high efficiency wound treatment.
Apr 20th, 2022
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Researchers have created a newly designed neuromorphic electronic device that endows microrobotics with colorful vision.
Apr 20th, 2022
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Inhaled nanoparticles can cross a natural, protective barrier that normally protects fetuses, according to scientists studying factors that produce low-birth-weight babies.
Apr 20th, 2022
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