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Skin models as an alternative to animal testing

Scientists succeeded in culturing a skin model that can represent almost all of the structures present in human skin, making it a realistic skin model.

June 3, 2024 Read more

Ultra-thin infrared filter, thinner than cling wrap, revolutionizes night vision

Progress in night vision technology has led to an ultra-thin infrared filter, thinner than cling wrap, potentially enabling everyday eyewear to view both infrared and visible light.

June 3, 2024 Read more

Tunable color hydrogel enables multistage encryption

New hydrogel combines structural color from self-assembled polymer layers with tunable fluorescence for enhanced information security through multistage encryption.

May 31, 2024 Read more

On-chip GHz time crystals enable new physics and optoelectronics

Researchers observed a time crystal on a microscale semiconductor chip oscillating billions of times per second, linking non-linear exciton-polariton dynamics and coherent optomechanics at GHz frequencies.

May 31, 2024 Read more

Computational lens unmasks hidden 3D information from a single 2D micrograph

Physicists' new technique extracts 3D data from a single 2D electron micrograph, allowing rapid nano-scale 3D imaging in most transmission electron microscopes.

May 31, 2024 Read more

Nanoscale engineering brings light-twisting materials to more extreme settings

New manufacturing method builds tougher materials that were previously considered useless for twisting light into more robust optical devices.

May 30, 2024 Read more

Chicken feathers to deliver chemotherapy drugs and repair enzymes

An amino acid found in chicken feathers and skin tissue could be the key to limiting the side effects of chemotherapy.

May 30, 2024 Read more

The thinnest lens on Earth is only three atoms thick

Physicists have made a flat lens of only three atoms thick which relies on quantum effects. This type of lens could be used in future augmented reality glasses.

May 30, 2024 Read more

Killing cancer with gold nanoclusters and a trick of the light

A light-activated antitumor drug could inspire new cancer treatments that have minimal side effects.

May 30, 2024 Read more

Controlling ion transport for a blue energy future

Researchers controlled cation transit across a nanopore membrane using a gate electrode, enabling tunable cation-selective transport for osmotic energy generation.

May 30, 2024 Read more

Researchers create nanomaterials with unique combination of stiffness, thermal insulation

Researchers engineered materials that are both stiff and heat-insulating, a rare combination promising new thermal insulation coatings for electronic devices.

May 29, 2024 Read more

Modular, scalable hardware architecture for a quantum computer

A new quantum-system-on-chip enables the efficient control of a large array of qubits, moving toward practical quantum computing.

May 29, 2024 Read more

Landmark study is step towards energy-efficient quantum computing in magnets

Researchers have managed to generate propagating spin waves at the nanoscale and discovered a novel pathway to modulate and amplify them.

May 29, 2024 Read more

Ancient medicine blends with modern-day research in new tissue regeneration method

Inspired by past medical uses of natural, inorganic materials, researchers have discovered a new technique for tissue regeneration using mineral-based nanomaterials.

May 29, 2024 Read more

Graphene gets cleaned up

Engineers link oxygen to graphene quality and develop new techniques to reproducibly make the material at scale.

May 29, 2024 Read more

Plasmonic nanodarts for cancer therapy and antimicrobial treatment

Researchers developed plasmonic nanodarts combining photothermal conversion and catalytic activity for effective cancer treatment and antimicrobial applications.

May 29, 2024 Read more