First 3D-printed proton-conductive membrane paves way for tailored energy storage devices
Credit: Tohoku University The advent and increased availability of 3D printing is leading to more customizable parts at lower costs ...
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An ion pump to deliver chemotherapy agents to the brain
Targeted chemotherapy of glioblastoma spheroids with an iontronic pumpCredit: Thor Balkhed Despite surgery and subsequent treatment with chemotherapy and radiation, ...
Using sound waves to make patterns that never repeat
Method of generating quasipatterns may lead to customizable materialsCredit: Courtesy of Fernando Guevara Vasquez Mathematicians and engineers at the University ...
Finally, 3D-printed graphene aerogels for water treatment
Study shows how to make stable and large aerogels that remove heavy metals, organic solvents, organic dyesCredit: University at Buffalo ...
3D-printed material to replace ivory
With an elephant-friendly alternative to ivory, developed by TU Wien and Cubicure, old artefacts can be restored with high precision.Credit: ...
Transforming circles into squares
Researchers reconfigure material topology on the microscaleCredit: (Image courtesy of Shucong Li/Bolei Deng/Harvard SEAS) Reconfigurable materials can do amazing things. ...
NUS SmartFarm harvests air moisture for autonomous, self-sustaining urban farming
Advanced hydrogel used in SmartFarm also tested for space-based agricultureCredit: National University of Singapore A team of researchers from the ...
Superbug killer: New nanotech destroys bacteria and fungal cells
Nanothin antimicrobial coating could prevent and treat potentially deadly infectionsCredit: RMIT University Researchers have developed a new superbug-destroying coating that ...
Unlocking richer intracellular recordings
CMU/ITT researchers develop novel microelectrode platform to access and record intracellular activityCredit: College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Behind every ...
A molecule that responds to light
A novel Light-Spin Interface with Europium(III) Molecule Advances Development of Quantum Computers - KIT Researchers Report in Nature CommunicationsCredit: S. ...
Anti-reflective films: What high-tech can learn from plants
KIT spinoff phytonics develops an antireflective film modeled on petals - innovation to be experienced digitally at Hannover Messe 2021 ...
“Shedding light” on the role of undesired impurities in gallium nitride semiconductors
Scientists uncover the mechanism underlying the effect of carbon impurities on the charge carriers of gallium nitrideCredit: Image courtesy: Masashi ...
When FRETing over cancer biomarkers won’t work, focus on blinking instead
Researchers from Osaka University used a photostabilizer to access otherwise hidden chemical details of DNA conformational dynamics, and to detect ...
Scientists watch 2D puddles of electrons emerge in a 3D superconducting material
It's an example of how surprising properties can spontaneously emerge in complex materials -- a phenomenon scientists hope to harness ...
Bioactive implant coatings resistant to most bacterial strains are obtained in Russia
Credit: Sergey Gnuskov/ NUST MISIS Young scientists from NUST MISIS have presented multilayer antibacterial coatings with a prolonged effect and ...
Petra Fromme honored with the prestigious Anfinsen Award
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Arizona State University researcher Petra Fromme has received the 2021 Christian B. ...
Lighting the way to folding next-level origami
Recent findings by Slovenian and German scientists artfully explore potential to transform proteins into custom-made structuresCredit: Credit: Fabio Lapenta / ...
SMART discovers the science behind varying performance of different colored LEDs
The findings pave the way for development of more efficient, next-gen LEDs covering the entire visible spectrumCredit: Singapore-MIT Alliance for ...
The indestructible light beam
Researchers at Utrecht University and at TU Wien (Vienna) create special light waves that can penetrate even opaque materials as ...
Better metric for thermoelectric materials means better design strategies
New quantity helps experimentally classify dimensionality of thermoelectric materialsCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University ...
