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Easy as an inkjet, a new soft printing technique has opened the way for pixelated elastics

Borrowing a technique from inkjet printers, researchers have rolled out a pixel-by-pixel method to program and manufacture soft structures for use in robotics, biomedical devices or architectural features.

May 24, 2022 Read more

Low-cost gel film can pluck drinking water from desert air

The materials that facilitate this reaction cost a mere $2 per kilogram, and a single kilogram can produce more than 6 liters of water per day in areas with less than 15% relative humidity and 13 liters in areas with up to 30% relative humidity.

May 24, 2022 Read more

One step closer to making terahertz technology usable in the real world

Researchers have discovered a new effect in two-dimensional conductive systems that promises improved performance of terahertz detectors.

May 23, 2022 Read more

Microparticles with feeling

Researchers develop a new method to simultaneously measure flow and oxygen.

May 23, 2022 Read more

Novel DNA robots designed for swarming into nonlinear amplification

Researchers propose two conceptual models of intelligent DNA robots that can swarm into leakless nonlinear amplification when triggered.

May 23, 2022 Read more

Washable and recyclable solar cell-infused textiles

The discrete nature of the cells protects them - and makes the clothes more attractive, the physics and design researchers say. Promising applications include work and outdoor clothing, and curtains which react to changes in the amount of light.

May 21, 2022 Read more

'Boomerang effect' in droplets could help clean sensitive surfaces (w/video)

Scientists discovered that some liquid droplets first spread out on surfaces and then contract again on their own. Since they leave virtually no traces when they contract, unlike conventional drying, this opens up new possibilities for cleaning and removing particles from sensitive surfaces such as microchips.

May 21, 2022 Read more

Mixing laser- and x-ray-beams

Unlike fictional laser swords, real laser beams do not interact with each other when they cross - unless the beams meet within a suitable material allowing for nonlinear light-matter interaction. In such a case, wave mixing can give rise to beams with changed colors and directions.

May 21, 2022 Read more

Researchers demonstrate organic crystals can serve as energy converters for emerging technologies

For the first time, organic crystals are shown to be highly efficient dynamic materials, capable of meeting the energy conversion needs of advanced technologies.

May 21, 2022 Read more

Researchers unveil a secret of stronger metals

Study shows what happens when crystalline grains in metals reform at nanometer scales, improving metal properties.

May 21, 2022 Read more

Long-hypothesized 'next generation wonder material' created for first time

For over a decade, scientists have attempted to synthesize a new form of carbon called graphyne with limited success. That endeavor is now at an end.

May 21, 2022 Read more

Collaboration reveals interplay between charge order and superconductivity at the nanoscale

Scientists have been relentlessly working on understanding the fundamental mechanisms at the base of high-temperature superconductivity with the ultimate goal to design and engineer new quantum materials superconducting close to room temperature.

May 20, 2022 Read more

Electrons in a crystal exhibit linked and knotted quantum twists

Physicists have discovered that electrons in a crystal form counter-intuitive quantum links that are knotted. In explaining these phenomena, researchers turned to knot theory, a branch of mathematics that studies the complex world of knots and loops. This is the first time that knot theory has been used to understand materials called topological magnets.

May 20, 2022 Read more