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Stronger than spider silk: Bagworm silk enables strong conducting fibers

Using natural silk from bagworms and a synthetic conducting polymer, researchers have developed a strong conducting fiber that demonstrates promise for flexible electronic materials.

October 22, 2021 Read more

Molecular tweak boosts performance of organic semiconductors for flexible electronic devices

Sulfur-based chemical groups coax pyrene molecules into a brickwork crystal structure that offers enhanced electrical properties in a transistor device.

October 22, 2021 Read more

Chemists develop a fundamentally new mode of adsorption

Scientists have made a breakthrough in surface science by introducing a new active mechanism of adsorption. Such adsorption-based phenomena, in which molecules are attracted onto a solid surface,are essential for today's catalysts, energy storage and environmental remediation.

October 21, 2021 Read more

How pearls achieve nanoscale precision

In research that could inform future high-performance nanomaterials, scientists have uncovered how mollusks build ultradurable structures with a level of symmetry that outstrips everything else in the natural world, with the exception of individual atoms.

October 21, 2021 Read more

How to make a better polymer

New research unveils a process for counting the number of strength-enabling entanglements in glassy polymers - which are used widely in an enormous range of applications, from the windows in hyperbaric chambers and airplanes to water filtration elements, the coatings of circuit boards and the membranes used in gas separation.

October 21, 2021 Read more

Fingerprinting proteins with force

DNA nanoswitch calipers allow scientists to measure distances within single molecules using force, opening a new avenue for single-molecule proteomics.

October 21, 2021 Read more

Chip-based optical tweezers levitate nanoparticles in a vacuum

Metalens-based design shrinks footprint, making optical traps practical for precision sensing and measurements.

October 21, 2021 Read more

New photonic chip for isolating light may be key to miniaturizing quantum devices

Researchers demonstrate a powerful way to isolate, or control the directionality of light. The team's measurements show that their approach to isolation currently outperforms all previous on-chip alternatives and is optimized for compatibility with atom-based sensors.

October 21, 2021 Read more

Advancing work on a first-of-its-kind 'living' transistor chip

Scientists are one step closer to developing a new kind of transistor chip that harnesses the biological responses of living organisms to drive current through the device, shedding light on cellular activity at an unprecedented level of sensitivity.

October 21, 2021 Read more

A traffic light for light-on-a-chip

Researchers showcase a magnetic-free, electrically driven optical isolator that enables light routing on a chip.

October 21, 2021 Read more

Edgy light on graphene may bring new one-way information routers

Using a new phase of graphene that they discovered, researchers have developed a topological circulator that may improve how information is routed and processed on a chip.

October 21, 2021 Read more

The world's first smart bandage detects multiple biomarkers for onsite chronic wound monitoring (w/video)

Wearable sensor can detect multiple chronic wound biomarkers to facilitate timely and personalised wound management.

October 21, 2021 Read more

Monolayer Mott insulator resistant to stimuli such as heat and light

An international research team has discovered a monolayer Mott insulator that has strong head and light resistance. The breakthrough potentially paves the way for realizing the control needed to induce superconductivity at room temperature.

October 21, 2021 Read more

Plugging into ocean waves with a flexible, seaweed-like nanogenerator (w/video)

Researchers have developed flexible power generators that mimic the way seaweed sways to efficiently convert surface and underwater waves into electricity to power marine-based devices.

October 20, 2021 Read more

Scientists design nanoparticles that communicate with cancer cells

The breakthrough advance could lead to a novel, drug-free therapeutic that can slow, possibly stop, the growth of cancer cells.

October 20, 2021 Read more

Unmasking the magic of superconductivity in twisted graphene

New study links magic-angle graphene and high-temperature superconductivity.

October 20, 2021 Read more