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Microrobot collectives display versatile movement patterns (w/video)
Collective behavior and swarm patterns are found everywhere in nature. Robots can also be programmed to act in swarms. Researchers have developed collectives of microrobots, which they can move in every formation they wish.
April 26, 2022 Read more
Researchers use muonic x-rays to find elemental makeup of samples without damaging them
By combining technologies originally designed for high-energy particle accelerators and astronomy observations, researchers can now for the first time analyze the elemental makeup of samples without damaging them, which could be useful for researchers working in other fields.
April 26, 2022 Read more
Researchers unveil a highly efficient means to reverse magnetization with spin currents
Researchers have established a low-cost method of magnetization reversal on perpendicularly magnetized ferromagnets. Not needing an external magnetic field, the method brings reverse magnetization closer to commercial viability.
April 26, 2022 Read more
Controlling heat flow in a solid by switching crystal structure dimensionality
Researchers developed a material in which heat flow can be dynamically controlled by changing its thermal conductivity. The thermal conductivity is modulated by reversibly switching between a two-dimensional and a three-dimensional crystal structure in a solid solution of lead selenide and tin selenide, opening doors to potential thermal management applications.
April 25, 2022 Read more
Beyond van der Waals: next generation of covalent 2D-2D heterostructures (w/video)
A team of scientists have velcroed 2D structures of MoS2 and graphene using a covalent connection for the first ime. The 2D-2D structures were used to build robust field effect transistors with controlled electronic communication, interface chemical nature and interlayer distance. The electronic properties of the system are dominated by the interface of the two covalently bonded layered materials.
April 25, 2022 Read more
Researchers create exotic magnetic structures with laser light
Researchers have found a new way to create magnetic nanoparticles using ultrafast laser light pulses. The discovery could pave the way for new and more energy-efficient technical components and become useful in the quantum computers of the future.
April 25, 2022 Read more
New chiral ceramic nanostructures: Broad chiroptical activity from ultraviolet to short-wave infrared
Researchers have developed new chiral nanostructures with broad chiroptical activity from the ultraviolet to the short-wave infrared region to expand the choice of material platforms.
April 25, 2022 Read more
Towards sustainable, self-powered energy devices with coconuts
A global team of researchers, in a new study, make use of coconut husk to develop self-powered energy storage and harvesting devices, achieving high energy density and output performance, and opening doors to a circular economy.
April 25, 2022 Read more
Uncovering the secret of ternary polymer solar cell success
Researchers took a close look at a ternary polymer solar cell in operation to see why the extra ingredient works.
April 23, 2022 Read more
A novel insulating state emerges in a 2D material
Researchers found a unique insulating state in an atomically thin material, driven by the combined effects of lattice-electron interactions and atomic-bond formation.
April 23, 2022 Read more
The physics of a singing saw (w/video)
Insights on centuries-old folk instrument is underpinned by a mathematical principle that may pave the way for high-quality resonators for sensing, electronics and more.
April 22, 2022 Read more
Scientists turn a hydrogen molecule into a quantum sensor
New technique enables precise measurement of electrostatic properties of materials.
April 22, 2022 Read more
Light-controllable time-domain metasurface for dynamic harmonic manipulation
A light-controllable time-domain digital coding metasurface manipulates microwave reflection spectra by time-varying light signals.
April 22, 2022 Read more
Employing melt polymerization to fabricate robust covalent organic framework foams
Researchers developed a scalable, facile one-step thermomolding method to fabricate a class of hierarchical olefin-linked covalent organic framework (COF) foams via melt polymerization.
April 22, 2022 Read more
The deformation of the hydrogel is used to measure the negative pressure of water
Scientists devised a non-contact optical characterization approach to precisely detect the value of negative pressure of stretch water, particularly in microfluidic systems.
April 22, 2022 Read more
Electrochemical DNA nanomachine as novel circulating tumor biosensor
Researchers have developed an electrochemical DNA nanomachine based on looped bipedal DNA walking reaction for highly sensitive analysis of nucleic acids.
April 22, 2022 Read more
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