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Edible electronics harvest heat from hot food to power color-changing safety displays

Thermoelectric generators built entirely from food-grade hydrogels and vanillin harvest heat from hot meals to power edible displays that change color when food reaches safe eating temperature.

February 3, 2026 Read more

Oxygen-modified graphene filters boost natural gas purification

Adding oxygen to ultrathin graphene enables efficient carbon dioxide removal from methane while maintaining high permeability.

February 3, 2026 Read more

Machine learning outdesigns evolution to create ultrasensitive gold spiderwebs

Machine learning redesigns microscopic web sensors to be five times more flexible than nature-inspired versions, enabling detection of masses as small as trillionths of a gram.

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Anomalous magnetoresistance observed in an antiferromagnetic kagome semimetal

Anomalous low-field oscillatory magnetoresistance in an antiferromagnetic kagome semimetal heterostructure was linked to directly imaged topological magnetic textures.

February 3, 2026 Read more

Genetic switch helps cells safely build large protein nanostructures

A new genetic control system lets lab-grown cells produce gas vesicles step by step, reducing stress on the cells and improving yields for medical uses.

February 3, 2026 Read more

pH sensitive carbon nanotube gates control the flow of water and ions

Carbon nanotubes can open and close in response to acidity, guiding water and ions one by one and mimicking how natural cell channels work.

February 2, 2026 Read more

Voltage tunable polaritonic crystals bring dynamic control to nanoscale light

A hybrid graphene and molybdenum trioxide crystal allows real time electrical tuning of Bloch modes and light emission, overcoming the static limits of conventional polaritonic crystals.

February 2, 2026 Read more

Thermonat makes nanoscale thermal prediction practical for real-world chip design

Heat limits sub-10 nm chips, but current tools miss nanoscale effects or run too slowly. New modeling bridges atom-level accuracy with fast design-ready predictions.

February 2, 2026 Read more

A clearer look at critical materials, thanks to refrigerator magnets

Researchers adapted ARPES to work in magnetic fields using nanoscale alternating magnets that confine fields near a sample, letting photoelectrons travel straight.

February 2, 2026 Read more

This chip catches AI image fakes by turning light into unforgeable watermarks

A semiconductor device generates unforgeable watermarks from chaotic electron behavior, embedding invisible markers in images that expose AI manipulation at the pixel level while also enabling stronger encryption.

February 2, 2026 Read more

Web-based tool visualizes catalyst gene profiles for materials design

A new web-based tool visualizes catalyst gene profiles, helping scientists explore patterns and improve catalyst design.

February 2, 2026 Read more

Reshaping nanoporous gold leads to new electronic and optical properties

By changing the physical structure of gold at the nanoscale, researchers can drastically change how the material interacts with light and, as a result, its electronic and optical properties.

February 2, 2026 Read more

Cigarette butts could power the next generation of energy storage

Researchers turn discarded cigarette butts into carbon electrodes for supercapacitors, achieving high energy density, fast charging, and long-term stability from toxic waste.

January 31, 2026 Read more

Mini tornadoes spin out dried cellulose nanofibers

Researchers developed a vortex method to dry non-aggregated cellulose nanofibers from slurry, offering a more efficient, scalable alternative to freeze and spray drying.

January 31, 2026 Read more

Computing beyond silicon may depend on circuits built molecule by molecule

Molecular electronic devices using quantum tunneling could achieve integration densities 1,000 times greater than silicon chips by combining atomic-precision assembly with three-dimensional manufacturing techniques.

January 30, 2026 Read more

Near-frictionless motion of pico- to nanoliter droplets with liquid-repellent particle coating

A novel study demonstrates that droplets at a miniscule level can be precisely controlled, opening new avenues in micro-scale systems.

January 30, 2026 Read more