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Tag: Materials
New sensor detects rare metals used in smartphones
Credit: Cotruvo Lab, Penn State A more efficient and cost-effective way to detect lanthanides, the rare earth metals used in ...
Scientists develop low-cost energy-efficient materials
Credit: © NUST MISIS An international team of scientists from the National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" (NUST MISIS), ...
How slippery surfaces allow sticky pastes and gels to slide
Engineered surface treatment developed at MIT can reduce waste and improve efficiency in many processesCredit: Image courtesy of the researchers ...
Working out makes hydrogels perform more like muscle
Mechanical 'training' produces strong, fatigue-resistant, yet soft hydrogels with possible uses in medicineCredit: Image: Ji Liu, Shaoting Lin, and Xinyue ...
Semiconductor scientists discover effect that was thought impossible
Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office A physical effect known as superinjection underlies modern light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and lasers. For decades this ...
Snake-inspired robot slithers even better than predecessor
Programmable kirigami metamaterials enable responsive surfaces and smart skinsCredit: Harvard SEAS Bad news for ophiophobes: Researchers from the Harvard John ...
Catalyst renders nerve agents harmless
Scientists used a multimodal approach to understand how a catalyst decomposes nerve agents in real-life environmentsCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory A ...
Repelling charges prevent Cooper pairs from ‘island hopping’ in insulating state
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Superconductors are able to conduct electricity with zero resistance thanks to Cooper pairs, electron duos that team ...
Photonics: The curious case of the disappearing cylinders
Study opens a new route to achieving invisibility without using metamaterialsCredit: Applied Physics Express A pair of researchers at Tokyo ...
Modified ‘white graphene’ for eco-friendly energy
Scientists found a way how to use 2D material for hydrogen energyCredit: Tomsk Polytechnic University Scientists from TPU, Germany, and ...
Marine Skin dives deeper for better monitoring
Credit: © 2019 KAUST; Xavier Pita A new and greatly improved version of an electronic tag, called Marine Skin, used ...
From 2D to 1D: Atomically quasi ‘1D’ wires using a carbon nanotube template
New bulk synthesis method for nanowires of molybdenum telluride for nanoelectronicsCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo ...
Researchers report high performance solid-state sodium-ion battery
Organic cathode offers more reliable contact with electrolyte, a key to stabilityCredit: University of Houston Solid-state sodium-ion batteries are far ...
In distinguished company
Four UC Santa Barbara professors join the 2019 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences UC Santa Barbara ...
Electric skyrmions charge ahead for next-generation data storage
Berkeley Lab-led research team makes a chiral skyrmion crystal with electric properties; puts new spin on future information storage applicationsCredit: ...
UCF develops new method to explore what happens inside fires and explosions
Method could lead to advances in fighting fires, creating cleaner engines and even space travelCredit: UCF: Karen Norum The inside ...
Multistep self-assembly opens door to new reconfigurable materials
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Self-assembling synthetic materials come together when tiny, uniform building blocks interact ...
From nata de coco to computer screens: Cellulose gets a chance to shine
Researchers at Osaka University meticulously measured the optical birefringence of highly aligned cellulose nanofibers, paving the way for sharper television, ...
Engineering researcher uses network science to understand how materials work
Credit: Courtesy of Florida State University TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Network science is how mathematicians and software designers construct complicated social ...
