Matter & Energy News
April 7, 2025
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Apr. 7, 2025 — A web platform uses a chatbot to enable any chemist -- including undergraduate chemistry majors -- to configure and execute complex quantum mechanical simulations through ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — Smaller than a grain of rice, new pacemaker is particularly suited to the small, fragile hearts of newborn babies with congenital heart defects. Tiny pacemaker is paired with a small, soft, flexible wearable patch that sits on the patient's chest. ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Most haptic devices only deliver feedback as simple vibrations. New device applies dynamic forces in any direction to simulate a more realistic sense of touch. Small, lightweight device can enhance virtual reality, help individuals with visual ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — This a robot can walk, without electronics, and only with the addition of a cartridge of compressed gas, right off the 3D-printer. It can also be printed in one go, from one ...
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Apr. 7, 2025 — The world is littered with trillions of micro- and nanoscopic pieces of plastic. These can be smaller than a virus -- just the right size to disrupt cells and even alter DNA. Researchers find them ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — A study reveals that termites are not simply spreading through natural processes, suggesting humans may be helping them 'conquer the world' by ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — How does a robotic arm or a prosthetic hand learn a complex task like grasping and rotating a ball? Researchers address the classic 'nature versus nurture' question. The research demonstrates that ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — A chemical reaction that's vital to a range of commercial and industrial goods may soon be initiated more effectively and less ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Imagine a world where industrial waste isn't just reduced, it's turned into something useful. This kind of circular economy is already in the works for carbon. Now, researchers in energy, ...
Apr. 1, 2025 — Researchers report their insights on the emerging field of complex frequencies excitations, a recently introduced scheme to control light, sound and other wave phenomena beyond conventional limits. ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — Scientists have repurposed smartphone camera sensors to create a detector capable of tracking antiproton annihilations in real time with ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — New York City's automated speed cameras reduced traffic crashes by 14% and decreased speeding violations by 75% over time, according to new research. ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — An innovative new computational model developed by an engineer could lead to fast-charging lithium-ion batteries that are safer and ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — Quantum states can only be prepared and observed under highly controlled conditions. A research team has now succeeded in creating so-called hot Schrodinger cat states in a superconducting microwave ...
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Apr. 4, 2025 — Collaborative research defines a novel approach to understanding how certain proteins called transcription factors determine which genetic programs will drive cell growth and maturation. The method, ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — A team of researchers led by a physics graduate student recently made the surprising discovery of what they call a 'shape-recovering liquid,' which defies some long-held expectations ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — Researchers from chemistry, biology, and medicine are increasingly turning to AI models to develop new hypotheses. However, it is often unclear on which basis the algorithms come to their conclusions ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — In the quest to design the next generation of materials for modern devices -- ones that are lightweight, flexible and excellent at dissipating heat -- a team of researchers made a discovery: ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — A research team is developing a 3D-printed skin imitation equipped with living cells in order to test nanoparticles from cosmetics without animal ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Engineers have created new technology that can move cells without touching them, enabling critical tasks that currently require large pieces of lab equipment to be carried out on a benchtop ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Physicists have made a novel discovery regarding the interaction of electronic excitations via spin waves. The finding could open the door to future technologies and advanced applications such as ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Researchers developed a manufacturing technique that rapidly generates large quantities of nanoparticles coated with drug-delivering polymers, which hold great potential for treating cancer. The ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — While medical centers use ultrasound daily, so far this technology has not been capable of observing body tissues at the scale of cells. Physicists have now developed a microscopy technique based on ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — New research shows that Sat Nav systems are helping keep older drivers on the roads for longer. The study reveals that over 65s with a poorer sense of direction rely more on help from GPS navigation ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — A unique carbon capture technology could offer a more cost-effective way to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and turn it into clean, synthetic ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — A new method to recycle wind turbine blades without using harsh chemicals resulted in the recovery of high-strength glass fibers and resins that allowed researchers to re-purpose the materials to ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Researchers have expanded the potential of carbon capture technology that plucks CO2 directly from the air by demonstrating that there are multiple suitable and abundant materials that can facilitate ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — The same dirt that clings to astronauts' boots may one day keep their lights on. Researchers created solar cells made out of simulated Moon dust. The cells convert sunlight into energy ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Overheating batteries are a serious risk, in the worst cases leading to fires and explosion. A team has now developed a simple, cost-effective method to test the safety of lithium-ion batteries, ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — A genomic study of hydrogen-producing bacteria has revealed entirely new gene clusters capable of producing large volumes of ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — When we move, it's harder for existing wearable devices to accurately track our heart activity. But researchers found that a starfish's five-arm shape helps solve this problem. Inspired by ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — Applied physicists have created a photon router that could plug into quantum networks to create robust optical interfaces for noise-sensitive microwave quantum ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — Chemists report that radiation-induced chemical reactions may help mitigate the corrosion of metals in a new type of nuclear reactor cooled by molten ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — An international research team has developed mechanical metamaterials with a high elastic energy density. Highly twisted rods that deform helically provide these metamaterials with a high stiffness ...
Friday, April 4, 2025
- Novel Genomic Screening Tool Enables Precision Reverse-Engineering of Genetic Programming in Cells
- Exception to Laws of Thermodynamics
- How Can Science Benefit from AI? Risks?
- Polymers With Flawed Fillers Boost Heat Transfer in Plastics
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- 3-D Printed Skin to Replace Animal Testing
- Touchlessly Moving Cells: Biotech Automation and an Acoustically Levitating Diamond
- Physicists Uncover Electronic Interactions Mediated Via Spin Waves
- MIT Engineers Develop a Way to Mass Manufacture Nanoparticles That Deliver Cancer Drugs Directly to Tumors
- Revealing Capillaries and Cells in Living Organs With Ultrasound
- How GPS Helps Older Drivers Stay on the Roads
- Carbon Capture Technology to Produce Clean Fuel from Air
- Researchers Recycle Wind Turbine Blade Materials to Make Improved Plastics
- Carbon Capture Could Become Practical With Scalable, Affordable Materials
- Solar Cells Made of Moon Dust Could Power Future Space Exploration
- Runaway Battery Improves Safety
- An Answer to Green Energy in Hydrogen-Generating Marine Microbes
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Scientists Unveil Starfish-Inspired Wearable Tech for Heart Monitoring
- Transducer Could Enable Superconducting Quantum Networks
- Study Tracks Chromium Chemistry in Irradiated Molten Salts
- Metamaterials: Highly Twisted Rods Store Large Amounts of Energy
- A New Wave in Ultrafast Magnetic Control
- Biodegradable Fake Fingernails Make Manicures More Sustainable
- Researchers Use 'smart' Bomb Therapy to Destroy Breast Cancer
- Reducing Risk of Embankment Slope Failures Along Roads
- Researchers Explore Using Soil for Heat Storage
- Electrochemical Process Separates Valuable Industrial Chemicals from Animal Waste
- Scientists Merge Two 'impossible' Materials Into New Artificial Structure
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Metasurfaces: Bilayer Device Can Control Many Forms of Polarized Light
- Diagnosing a Dud May Lead to a Better Battery
- We Know Nanoplastics Are a Threat -- This New Tool Can Help Us Figure out Just How Bad They Are
- An Efficient Self-Assembly Process for Advanced Self-Healing Materials
- A Step Toward Plant-Based Gelatin
- The Experts That Can Outsmart Optical Illusions
Monday, March 31, 2025
- My Robot Therapist: The Ethics of AI Mental Health Chatbots for Kids
- Scientists Pioneer Method to Tackle 'forever Chemicals'
- Chance Discovery Improves Stability of Bioelectronic Material Used in Medical Implants, Computing and Biosensors
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Friday, March 28, 2025
- Physicists Use Quantum Entanglement to Crack Mystery of Strange Metals
- Artificial Neurons Organize Themselves
- New Approach Makes One Type of Clean Fuel Production 66% More Efficient
- Smart Textiles and Surfaces: How Lightweight Elastomer Films Are Bringing Tech to Life
Thursday, March 27, 2025
- Breakthrough Copper Alloy Achieves Unprecedented High-Temperature Performance
- Physics of Irregular Objects on Inclined Planes Probed
- Physicists Discover a Copper-Free High-Temperature Superconducting Oxide
- Physics Meets Art: A New Twist on Interference Patterns
- Microbial Cell Factories for Sustainable Chemical Production
- Researchers Find a Way to Shield Quantum Information from 'noise'
- Renting Clothes for Sustainable Fashion -- Niche Markets Work Best
- A Lighter, Smarter Magnetoreceptive Electronic Skin
- Beyond Ambiguous Reflections: Bridging Optical 3D Metrology and Computer Vision
- Is AI the New Research Scientist? Not So, According to a Human-Led Study
- Terahertz Imaging: Breakthrough in Non-Invasive Cochlear Visualization
- The Hidden Spring in Your Step
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- Hypersonic Simulation in 3D Exposes New Disturbances
- Mini Rolling Robot Takes Virtual Biopsies
- Engineers Redefine How Heat Transfers on Advanced Surfaces
- A Cleaner Future for Tires: Scientists Pioneer Chemical Process to Repurpose Rubber Waste
- Cleaning Microplastics
- Blue Pigment Improves Foundation Makeup Shades for Dark Skin
- A Safe Nuclear Battery That Could Last a Lifetime
- Making Sturdy, Semi-Transparent Wood With Cheap, Natural Materials
- Unlocking the Potential of the Heavy Atom Effect in Metal Clusters
- Virtual Reality Videos Increase Environmental Awareness
- Philosophy: Cultural Differences in Exploitation of Artificial Agents
- Scientists Discovered Chemical Oscillations in Palladium Nanoparticles, Paving the Way for Recycling Precious Metal Catalysts
- Cleverly Designed Carbon Nanohoop Enables Controlled Release of Iron
- A New Method to Recycle Fluoride from Long-Lived PFAS Chemicals
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- A Multimodal Light Manipulator
- Engineering Antibodies With a Novel Fusion Protein
- Study Documents Impacts of Large-Scale Entry of Rooftop Solar Panels on Competition
- BESSY II: Magnetic 'microflowers' Enhance Local Magnetic Fields
- Fluorescent Caves Could Explain How Life Persists in Extraterrestrial Environments
- Hydrophilic Coating Makes for Unflappable Golf Balls
- E-Scooter Crashes Mainly Caused by Reckless Driving
- Geometric Design of Material Provides Safer Bicycle Helmet
- Eco-Friendly, Nylon-Like Plastic Using Microorganisms
- New Type of Quantum Computer Studies the Dance of Elementary Particles
- Using Cover Plants to Remove Pollutants from Arable Soil
- The Evolution of Low-Temperature Adapted Enzymes
- Delaying the Net Zero Transition Could Impose Significant Economic Costs
- Listen to Quantum Atoms Talk Together Thanks to Acoustics
- Gas Injection Setup in New Fusion System Is Guided by Public-Private Research
- Making Foie Gras Without Force-Feeding
- The Best 'butter' For a Vegan Shortbread
- VR Crime Scene Tech
Monday, March 24, 2025
- Affordable Sensing System to Restore Sense of Touch in Minimally Invasive Surgery
- 3D Nanotech Blankets Offer New Path to Clean Drinking Water
- Do-It-Yourself Box Filter Clears the Air of Indoor Pollutants
- Oxygen for Mars
- Engineers Develop a Better Way to Deliver Long-Lasting Drugs
- Scientists Engineer Starfish Cells to Shape-Shift in Response to Light
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Friday, March 21, 2025
- Groundbreaking Light-Driven Method to Create Key Drug Compounds
- New Machine Learning Framework Enhances Precision and Efficiency in Metal 3D Printing, Advancing Sustainable Manufacturing
- Researchers Create Eco-Friendly Detergent from Wood Fiber and Corn Protein
- Groundbreaking Study Unveils New Complexities in Synchronization Phenomena
- Hot Water Freezes First: Uncovering the Mysteries of the Mpemba Effect
- Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer: Deciphered With High Pressure
- Device Enables Direct Communication Among Multiple Quantum Processors
- Sea Water Purification Technique Outperforms Commonly Used Materials, Even Activated Carbon