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January 26, 2025
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Jan. 23, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated an ideal Weyl semimetal, marking a breakthrough in a decade-old problem of quantum ...
Jan. 24, 2025 — The novel iron-based catalyst exhibits superior performance for ammonia (NH3) synthesis compared to a well-established, century-old counterpart. By designing this new catalyst with an inverse ...
Jan. 24, 2025 — Researchers have used machine learning to design nano-architected materials that have the strength of carbon steel but the lightness of Styrofoam. The team describes how they made nanomaterials with ...
Jan. 24, 2025 — Researchers used cutting-edge X-ray techniques to gain new insights into 'infinite-layer' nickelate ...
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Jan. 21, 2025 — An interdisciplinary team has developed a groundbreaking technology that addresses key limitations in clean hydrogen production using microwaves. They have also successfully elucidated the underlying ...
Jan. 21, 2025 — Water desalination plants could replace expensive chemicals with new carbon cloth electrodes that remove boron from seawater, an important step of ...
Jan. 23, 2025 — Perovskite solar cells are a flexible and sustainable alternative to conventional silicon-based solar cells. Researchers were able to find -- within only a few weeks -- new organic molecules that ...
Jan. 23, 2025 — Researchers have succeeded in controlling the arrangement of photochromic crystals known as ...
Jan. 22, 2025 — Researchers have identified a new class of quantum states in a custom-engineered graphene structure. The study reports the discovery of topological electronic crystals in twisted bilayer -- trilayer ...
Jan. 22, 2025 — Scientists have developed an artificial photosynthesis technology that produces precursors of biodegradable nylon from biomass-derived compounds and ...
Jan. 22, 2025 — Researchers have developed a way of bioprinting tissues that change shape as a result of cell-generated forces, in the same way that it happens in biological tissues during organ development. The ...
Jan. 21, 2025 — DNA-nanoparticle motors are exactly as they sound: tiny artificial motors that use the structures of DNA and RNA to propel motion by enzymatic RNA degradation. Essentially, chemical energy is ...
Jan. 21, 2025 — Experiments have yielded a fascinating new type of matter, neither granular nor crystalline, that responds to some stresses as a fluid would and to others like a solid. The new material, known as PAM ...
Jan. 17, 2025 — In life sciences, confocal fluorescence microscopy (CFM) is widely regarded for producing high-resolution cellular images. However, it requires fluorescent staining, which poses risks of ...
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Jan. 17, 2025 — By editing the polymers of discarded plastics, chemists have found a way to generate new macromolecules with more valuable properties than those of the starting material. Upcycling may help remedy ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — Resembling the interlocking links in chainmail, novel nanoscale material is incredibly strong and flexible. The interlocked material contains 100 trillion mechanical bonds per 1 square centimeter -- ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — Researchers have developed an adhesive polymer that is stronger than current commercially available options while also being biodegradable, tunable, and reusable. The findings show how the common, ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — Engineering researchers have developed carbon capture systems that use molecules called quinones, dissolved in water, as their capturing compounds. A new study provides critical insights into the ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — The chemical composition of a material alone sometimes reveals little about its properties. The decisive factor is often the arrangement of the molecules in the atomic lattice structure or on the ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — The robotics industry should be creating robots that could be reprogrammed and repurposed for other tasks once its life span is completed, researchers have ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — Scientists have used deep learning to design new proteins that bind to complexes involving other small molecules like hormones or drugs, opening up a world of possibilities in the computational ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — Researchers have developed a novel 6D pose dataset designed to improve robotic grasping accuracy and adaptability in industrial settings. The dataset, which integrates RGB and depth images, ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — New insect-scale microrobots can fly more than 100 times longer than previous versions. The new bots, also significantly faster and more agile, could someday be used to pollinate fruits and ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated new wearable technologies that both generate electricity from human movement and improve the comfort of the technology for the people wearing them. The work stems from ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — An international team of engineers has developed an innovative, scalable method for creating topography-patterned aluminum surfaces, enhancing liquid transport properties critical for applications in ...
Jan. 14, 2025 — Scientists describe their construction of complementary, internal, ion-gated, organic electrochemical transistors that are more amenable chemically, biologically and electronically to living tissues ...
Jan. 14, 2025 — Researchers have published a study describing how quasiparticles called polarons behave in tellurene, a nanomaterial first synthesized in 2017 that is made up of tiny chains of tellurium atoms and ...
Jan. 14, 2025 — Diamond, often celebrated for its unmatched hardness and transparency, has emerged as an exceptional material for high-power electronics and next-generation quantum optics. Diamond can be engineered ...
Jan. 14, 2025 — Carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRPs) are used in the aerospace, automotive, and sports equipment industries. However, their recycling remains a major problem. In a recent study, researchers ...
Jan. 14, 2025 — Water droplets under freezing conditions do not spontaneously detach from surfaces as they do at room temperature due to stronger droplet-surface interaction and lack of an energy transformation ...
Jan. 13, 2025 — Researchers have developed a drastically smaller and more energy efficient method of creating coveted photon pairs that influence each other from any distance. The technology could transform ...
Jan. 13, 2025 — Although extremely flammable, cotton is one of the most commonly used textiles due to its comfort and breathable nature. However, in a single step, researchers can reduce the flammability of cotton ...
Jan. 13, 2025 — In a significant step toward creating a sustainable and circular economy, researchers have demonstrated that carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers can be fully recycled without any loss in their structure or ...
Jan. 13, 2025 — Scientists have taken a major step forwards in tackling one of the greatest abiding challenges in chemistry, by learning how to program the self-assembly of molecules in such a way that the end ...
Friday, January 17, 2025
Thursday, January 16, 2025
- New Chainmail-Like Material Could Be the Future of Armor
- Polymer Research Shows Potential Replacement for Common Superglues With a Reusable and Biodegradable Alternative
- The Ins and Outs of Quinone Carbon Capture
- Autonomous AI Assistant to Build Nanostructures
- Robots Should Be Repurposed Rather Than Recycled to Combat Rising Scale of E-Waste, Scientists Warn
- A Deep Learning Pipeline for Controlling Protein Interactions
- Innovative 6D Pose Dataset Sets New Standard for Robotic Grasping Performance
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- This Fast and Agile Robotic Insect Could Someday Aid in Mechanical Pollination
- Researchers Make Comfortable Materials That Generate Power When Worn
- Engineers Develop Breakthrough Method for Aluminum Surfaces, Enabling Advancements in Cooling, Self-Cleaning and Anti-Icing Technologies
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
- Researchers Invent Soft, Bioelectronic Sensor Implant
- Researchers Unlock New Insights Into Tellurene, Paving the Way for Next-Gen Electronics
- Diamond Continues to Shine: New Properties Discovered in Diamond Semiconductors
- Direct Discharge Electrical Pulses for Carbon Fiber Recycling
- Self-Stimulated Ejection of Freezing Droplets, Unlocking Cost-Effective Applications in De-Icing
Monday, January 13, 2025
- Engineering Quantum Entanglement at the Nanoscale
- Researchers Develop Breakthrough One-Step Flame Retardant for Cotton Textiles
- Researchers Unveil 'surprising' Breakthrough in Carbon Nanotube Recycling, Paving Way for Sustainable Materials
- Scientists Develop 'Malteser-Like' Molecules With Potential Applications in Targeted Drug Delivery
- Team Makes Sustainable Aviation Fuel Additive from Recycled Polystyrene
- From Microplastics to Macro-Impact: Plastic Recycling Challenges
Friday, January 10, 2025
- Light, Flexible and Radiation-Resistant: Organic Solar Cells for Space
- Harnessing Corrosion: Scientists Transform Dealloying Into Sustainable Lightweight Alloy Design
- Breakthrough Study Reveals the Secrets Behind Cordierite's Anomalous Thermal Expansion
Thursday, January 9, 2025
- Hidden Transport Pathways in Graphene Confirmed, Paving the Way for Next-Generation Device Innovation
- Storing Carbon in Buildings Could Help Address Climate Change
- May the Force Not Be With You: Cell Migration Doesn't Only Rely on Generating Force
- Discovering Hidden Wrinkles in Spacecraft Membrane With a Single Camera
- Brain-Inspired Nanotech Points to a New Era in Electronics
- Novel Graphene Ribbons Poised to Advance Quantum Technologies
- Chemists Unlock the Potential of Ketone and Ester Molecules, Paving the Way for Greener and More Efficient Drug Development
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
- Breakthrough in 2D Material Growth Opens Doors to Cleaner Energy and Next-Generation Technology
- Moving in Sync, Slowly, in Glassy Liquids
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
- Trash to Treasure: Leveraging Industrial Waste to Store Energy
- Revolutionizing Data Centers: Breakthrough in Photonic Switching
- Driving Autonomous Vehicles to a More Efficient Future
Monday, January 6, 2025
- Scientists Develop Technology to Control Cyborg Insect Swarms
- New Quantum Sensing Technology Reveals Sub-Atomic Signals
Friday, January 3, 2025
- Research May Boost Next-Generation Space Rockets
- From Carbon Dioxide to Acetaldehyde: Toward Greener Industrial Chemistry
- Breakthrough for 'smart Cell' Design
Thursday, January 2, 2025
- Big Leap Forward for Environmentally Friendly 'e-Textiles' Technology
- New Method Turns E-Waste to Gold
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Monday, December 30, 2024
- Triple-Layer Battery Resistant to Fire and Explosion Created
- Engineering Researchers Develop Deep-UV microLED Display Chips for Maskless Photolithography
Friday, December 27, 2024
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
- Unveil the Secret of Stretchable Technology Through Color
- 'Capture the Oxygen!' The Key to Extending Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Battery Life
Friday, December 20, 2024
Thursday, December 19, 2024
- Engineering Researchers Develop Revolutionary Diamond Fabrication Technology
- New Software Unlocks Secrets of Cell Signaling
- Need a Research Hypothesis? Ask AI
- Unlocking New Insights Into in-Plane Magnetic Field-Induced Hall Effects
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- New Virtual Reality-Tested System Shows Promise in Aiding Navigation of People With Blindness or Low Vision
- Nano Drug Delivery System Heralds Safer Era for Drug Development
- How to Print a Car: High-Performance Multi-Material 3D Printing Techniques
- Significant Advancement Made in Engineering Biology and Clean Energy
- Physics: Current Generated by the Quantum Hall Effect Has Additional Magnetic Properties
- The Physics of Random Stacking: Perspectives on Stability and Chaos
- Training Solar Panels to Dance With the Wind
- Tiny Robots, Big Impact: Revolutionizing Infertility Treatment With Magnetic Microrobots
Monday, December 16, 2024
- Microchips Capable of Detecting and Diagnosing Diseases
- Highly Sensitive Transparent Ultrasound Transducer for Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Endoscopy in Live Pigs
- Scientists Develop 3D Concrete Printing Method That Captures Carbon Dioxide
Thursday, December 12, 2024
- Metal Scrap Upcycled Into High-Value Alloys With Solid Phase Manufacturing
- Scientists Collect 'microbial Fingerprints' Found in Household Plumbing
- Towards Room-Temperature Superconductivity: Insights Into Optical Properties of Bi-Based Copper-Oxide Superconductors
- Smallest Molecular Machine: Reversible Sliding Motion in Ammonium-Linked Ferrocene
- Researchers Develop New Methods to Generate and Improve Magnetism of 2D Materials
- Unlocking Next-Gen Chip Efficiency: Confirming Thermal Insights for Tiny Circuits
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
- Minuscule Robots for Targeted Drug Delivery
- Researchers Harness Copper Versatility to Enable Control of CO2 Reduction Products
- Breakthrough in Zinc-Based Rechargeable Batteries: A Safer, Sustainable Alternative
- Mapping the Nanoscale Architecture of Functional Materials
- Researchers Discover New Third Class of Magnetism That Could Transform Digital Devices
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
- Discovery of New Growth-Directed Graphene Stacking Domains May Precede New Era for Quantum Applications
- Scientists Develop Coating for Enhanced Thermal Imaging Through Hot Windows
- Rethinking the Quantum Chip
- Breakthrough in the Precision Engineering of Four-Stranded Beta-Sheets
- Advancing the Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Gold Monolayers
- Empowering Older Adults With Home-Care Robots
- Rethinking the Brain Pacemaker: How Better Materials Can Improve Signals
Monday, December 9, 2024
- Nature Inspires Self-Assembling Helical Polymer
- Existing EV Batteries May Last Up to 40% Longer Than Expected
- Space-Time Crystals, an Important Step Toward New Optical Materials
- Battery-Like Computer Memory Keeps Working Above 1000°F
- Faster Organic Phosphorescence for Better Display Tech
Friday, December 6, 2024
- New Shape-Changing Polymer Developed
- Magnetically Controlled Kirigami Surfaces Move Objects: No Grasping Needed
- New Biodegradable Material to Replace Certain Microplastics
- Researchers Innovate Scalable Robotic Fibers With Light-Emitting, Self-Healing and Magnetic Properties
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
- Study Explores Risks of Chemical Exposure from Household Products
- Manta Rays Inspire Fast Swimming Soft Robot Yet
- A Catalyst Can Turn Methane Into Something Useful