Bizarre Things: Matter & Energy
March 2, 2025
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Feb. 27, 2025 — A research team has developed a way for self-driving vehicles to share their knowledge about road conditions indirectly, making it possible for each vehicle to learn from the experiences of others ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — On Wednesday 26 February, a thermal imaging camera blasted off to the Moon as part of NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission. This aims to map sources of water on the Moon to shed light on the lunar water cycle and to guide future robotic and human ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — A research team demonstrated the 'world's smallest shooting game,' a unique nanoscale game inspired by classic arcade games. This achievement was made possible by real-time control of the force ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — A research team has successfully developed a super-photostable organic dye after two years of dedicated research demonstrating perseverance akin to that of Marie Curie, who painstakingly extracted just 0.1 grams of radium from eight tons of ore to ...
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Feb. 26, 2025 — A bioinspired robot can change shape to alter its own physical properties in response to its environment, resulting in a robust and efficient autonomous vehicle as well as a fresh approach to robotic ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — Scientists have harnessed a unique property called incipient ferroelectricity to create a new type of computer memory that could revolutionize how electronic devices work, such as using much less ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — Physicists bring unprecedented levels of predictability to the ancient practice of knitting by developing a mathematical model that could be used to create a new class of lightweight, ultra-strong ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists have made a walking, jumping robot that pushes ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — A low-energy challenger to the quantum computer also works at room temperature. The researchers have shown that information can be transmitted using magnetic wave motion in complex ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — For decades researchers have been exploring how to store data in glass because of its potential to hold information for a long time -- eons -- without applying power. A special type of glass that ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — Silicon is the best-known semiconductor material. However, controlled nanostructuring drastically alters the material's properties. Using a specially developed etching apparatus, a team has now ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — Researchers have invented an entirely new field of microscopy -- nuclear spin microscopy. The team can visualize magnetic signals of nuclear magnetic resonance with a microscope. Quantum sensors ...
Feb. 24, 2025 — A team has used a process known as DNA origami to make electrochemical sensors that can quickly detect and measure ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — Agricultural fertilizers are critical for feeding the world's population, restoring soil fertility and sustaining crops. Excessive and inefficient use of those resources can present an environmental ...
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Feb. 21, 2025 — Researchers are blurring the lines between robotics and materials, with a proof-of-concept material-like collective of robots with behaviors inspired by ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — A novel system that chases larval zebrafish around an arena with predator robots is enabling scientists to understand how these days-old fish quickly learn in the real ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — In a leap forward for quantum computing, physicists unveiled an eight-qubit topological quantum processor, the first of its kind. The chip, built as a proof-of-concept for the scientists' ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — Rapid, localized heat management is essential for electronic devices and could have applications ranging from wearable materials to burn treatment. While so-called thermoelectric materials convert ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — Dynamic facial projection mapping (DFPM) has reached new heights in speed and accuracy, with the development of a state-of-the-art system with groundbreaking innovations. The first breakthrough ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Engineers have developed a versatile swimming robot that nimbly navigates cluttered water surfaces. Inspired by marine flatworms, the innovative device offers new possibilities for environmental ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Researchers have 3D printed bioelectronic scaffolds that have the properties cells need to form new ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — From a tiny electric jolt when touching a doorknob to styrofoam peanuts that cling to a mischievous cat's fur -- the well-known and seemingly simple phenomenon of static electricity has puzzled ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Conventional drones use visual sensors for navigation. However, environmental conditions like dampness, low light, and dust can hinder their effectiveness, limiting their use in disaster-stricken ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Physicists have developed a novel approach to maintain special quantum characteristics, even in 3D materials, with potential applications in optical systems and advanced ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — A quantum 'miracle material' could support magnetic switching, a team of researchers has ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Ballbots are versatile robotic systems with the ability to move around in all directions. This makes it tricky to control their movement. In a recent study, a team has proposed a novel proportional ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — It may be the smallest, shortest chorus dance ever recorded. An international team of researchers observed how electrons, excited by ultrafast light pulses, danced in unison around a particle less ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — Researchers developed a new system for turning used coffee grounds into a paste, which they use to 3D print objects, such as packing materials and a vase. They inoculate the paste with Reishi ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — In the world of soft robotics and wearable technology, sheet-based fluidic devices are revolutionizing how lightweight, flexible and multifunctional systems are designed. But with innovation comes ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — A research team has developed two new autonomous navigation systems for cyborg insects to better navigate unknown, complex environments. The algorithms utilized only simple circuits that leveraged ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — Physicists and biomedical engineers unlocked new properties in capillary waves thanks to ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — What if time is not as fixed as we thought? Imagine that instead of flowing in one direction -- from past to future -- time could flow forward or backward due to processes taking place at the quantum ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of 'life-like' synthetic materials which are able to move by themselves like worms. Scientists have been investigating a new class of ...
Feb. 12, 2025 — A biohybrid hand which can move objects and do a scissor gesture has been created. The researchers used thin strings of lab-grown muscle tissue bundled into sushilike rolls to give the fingers enough ...
Friday, February 21, 2025
Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Predator Robots Help Researchers Uncover How Larval Zebrafish Rapidly Learn
- Topological Quantum Processor Marks Breakthrough in Computing
- Cooling Materials -- Out of the 3D Printer
- Revolutionizing Dynamic Facial Projection Mapping: A Leap Forward in Augmented Reality
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- A Miniature Swimming Robot Inspired by Marine Flatworms
- For Success in Bioelectronics, Build With Nature-Inspired Design
- Contact Electrification Depends on Materials' Contact History, Physicists Show
- Bio-Hybrid Drone Uses Silkworm Moth Antennae to Navigate Using Smell
- Magnetic Semiconductor Preserves 2D Quantum Properties in 3D Material
- Magnetic Switch Traps Quantum Information Carriers in One Dimension
- A Robust and Adaptive Controller for Ballbots
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- Researchers Record Ultrafast Chorus Dance of Electrons on Super-Small Particle
- Coffee Grounds and Reishi Mushroom Spores Can Be 3D Printed Into a Compostable Alternative to Plastics
- Harnessing Failure as an Asset: How Researchers Are Innovating Smarter Wearable Tech
Thursday, February 13, 2025
- Combining Millions of Years of Evolution With Tech Wizardry: The Cyborg Cockroach
- Record-Speed Waves on Extremely Water-Repellent Surfaces
- Physicists Uncover Evidence of Two Arrows of Time Emerging from the Quantum Realm
- Scientists Herald Active Matter Breakthrough With Creation of Three-Dimensional 'synthetic Worms'
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Biohybrid Hand Gestures With Human Muscles
- Scientists Develop Novel Self-Healing Electronic Skin for Health Monitoring
- Holograms Boost 3D Printing Efficiency and Resolution
- First Detection of an Ultra-High-Energy Neutrino
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- 'Smaller and Better': Research Uncovers Performance Sweet Spot for Relaxor Nanomaterial
- Is the Metaverse a New Frontier for Human-Centric Manufacturing?
- When Qubits Learn the Language of Fiberoptics
- From Photons to Protons: Team Makes Breakthrough in High-Energy Particle Detection
Monday, February 10, 2025
Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Novel 'living' Biomaterial Aims to Advance Regenerative Medicine
- Mantis Shrimp Clubs Filter Sound to Mitigate Damage
- New Technique to Detect Dark Matter Using Atomic Clocks and Lasers
- Making an Invisible Electric Wire: Guiding Electricity With Sound
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- 'Living' Electrodes Breathe New Life Into Traditional Silicon Electronics
- Using Sugars from Peas Speeds Up Sour Beer Brewing
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
- Engineers Model Electric Grid Demand for EVs to Charge While in Motion
- Why Do Plants Transport Energy So Efficiently and Quickly?
- Spinning Neutron Star Gains Enormous Magnetic Fields
- New Device Uses Electrically Assisted Wind to Fight Fires
Monday, February 3, 2025
- Researchers Solve a Fluid Mechanics Mystery
- Tiny Copper 'flowers' Bloom on Artificial Leaves for Clean Fuel Production
- Printable Molecule-Selective Nanoparticles Enable Mass Production of Wearable Biosensors
Friday, January 31, 2025
- This Delicate Nanoflower Is Downright Deadly to Bacteria
- Lightsails Could Reach Distant Star Systems
Thursday, January 30, 2025
- New Light-Tuned Chemical Tools Control Processes in Living Cells
- Scientists Shocked by Durability of Surgery-Sparing Technique
- Researchers Combine Holograms and AI to Create Uncrackable Optical Encryption System
- Generating Electricity from Tacky Tape
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- Scientists 'mimic Real Biological Processes' Using Synthetic Neurons
- New Acoustic Wave Phenomenon Discovered
- Even Quantum Physics Obeys the Law of Entropy
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Monday, January 27, 2025
- 'Embodied Energy' Powers Modular Worm, Jellyfish Robots
- A New Experimental System to Bring Quantum Technologies Closer to Students
Friday, January 24, 2025
Thursday, January 23, 2025
- Adding Bridges to Stabilize Quantum Networks
- Imagining the Physics of George R.R. Martin's Fictional Universe
- Physicists Pioneer Entanglement Microscopy Algorithm to Explore How Matter Entangles in Quantum Many-Body Systems
- The Secret to Robust and Reversible Underwater Adhesion: The Answer Lies in Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Domain
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Thursday, January 16, 2025
- Fine-Tuned Brain-Computer Interface Makes Prosthetic Limbs Feel More Real
- New Chainmail-Like Material Could Be the Future of Armor
- Polymer Research Shows Potential Replacement for Common Superglues With a Reusable and Biodegradable Alternative
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
- This Quasar May Have Helped Turn the Lights on for the Universe
- Engineers Develop Breakthrough Method for Aluminum Surfaces, Enabling Advancements in Cooling, Self-Cleaning and Anti-Icing Technologies
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Monday, January 13, 2025
Friday, January 10, 2025
Thursday, January 9, 2025
- Electric Fungi: The Biobattery That Needs to Be Fed
- A Smart Ring With a Tiny Camera Lets Users Point and Click to Control Home Devices
- Brain-Inspired Nanotech Points to a New Era in Electronics
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
- Using Robots in Nursing Homes Linked to Higher Employee Retention, Better Patient Care
- Electrohydraulic Wearable Devices Create Unprecedented Haptic Sensations
- When the Past Meets the Future: Innovative Drone Mapping Unlocks Secrets of Bronze Age 'mega Fortress' In the Caucasus
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Monday, January 6, 2025
- Scientists Develop Technology to Control Cyborg Insect Swarms
- Macroscopic Oscillators Move as One at the Quantum Level
Friday, January 3, 2025
- The Carbon in Our Bodies Probably Left the Galaxy and Came Back on Cosmic 'conveyer Belt'
- New Nanocrystal Material a Key Step Toward Faster, More Energy-Efficient Computing
- Breakthrough for 'smart Cell' Design
Thursday, January 2, 2025
- How Does a Hula Hoop Master Gravity? Mathematicians Prove That Shape Matters
- New Method Turns E-Waste to Gold
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Friday, December 27, 2024
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Friday, December 20, 2024
- First Demonstration of Quantum Teleportation Over Busy Internet Cables
- Generate Electricity by Attaching Device to Your Clothes
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
- Lost Score Revives Sound of Music and Voices from Centuries Past
- Swarms of 'ant-Like' Robots Lift Heavy Objects and Hurl Themselves Over Obstacles
- Physicists Magnetize a Material With Light
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- How to Print a Car: High-Performance Multi-Material 3D Printing Techniques
- Physicists 'bootstrap' Validity of String Theory
- Travelers Weigh in on Weight-Based Airfares for Eco-Friendly Skies
- Tiny Robots, Big Impact: Revolutionizing Infertility Treatment With Magnetic Microrobots
- World Cup Soccer Is Getting Faster for Men and Women Alike