Development concept of nanocellulosic oriented film based on liquid-phase 3D patterning technology. Credit: Osaka University Researchers at Osaka University develop liquid-phase 3D-patterning to create nanocellulose…
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Saliva droplets can travel large distances, depending on environmental conditions such as wind speed, temperature, pressure and humidity. Wind shown blowing left to right at…
Flexible walls, here in blue, a few hundred microns high emulate the surface of a gecko’s foot to make the same kind of adhesive force…
Scientists are exploring the structural and chemical characteristics of cicada wings. Credit: Photo by Wayne Boo, U.S. Geological Survey Biological structures sometimes have unique features…
Fast, Flexible, Powerful Bioelectronic Devices Are Two Steps Closer With Columbia’s Soft Transistors
Fast, Flexible, Powerful Bioelectronic Devices Are Two Steps Closer With Columbia’s Soft Transistors
Conformable enhancement-mode, internal ion-gated organic electrochemical transistor (e-IGT) A) Micrograph displaying the top view of an e-IGT (top). Scale bar, 5 μm. Ultra-flexible, ultra-thin e-IGT…
Using musical scores to code the structure and folding of proteins composed of amino acids, each of which vibrates with a unique sound. Credit: Markus…
Close-up of a tubular structure made by simultaneous printing and self-assembling between graphene oxide and a protein. Credit: Professor Alvaro Mata An international team of…
Weightlifters could do less and get stronger by changing the amount they lift each session, according to new research. Sports scientists from the University of…
Green Slime covers the surface of a tadpole (bottom) and a goblet-cell regenerated aggregate (top, not the same scale). The images show the molecule intelectin-1,…
“Knock-down” of insulin-like peptide 2 (ILP2) causes a significant reduction in the size of the mandibles of a male Gnatocerus cornutus beetle. Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan…
Three dimensional density map and atomic model of the native supercoiled flagellar hook revealed by cryoEM image analysis. Left: side view; right: a central section.…
A woman carrying a heavy load on a flexible bamboo pole walking on a force plate. Credit: Bertram Lab, University of Calgary Carrying heavy loads…
Impacts of arrows with different feathers on a target – INSEP, France. Credit: Tom Maddalena Researchers examine how archery accuracy is affected by arrow size…
University of Tsukuba researchers use wind-tunnel experiments to study the effect the panels of a volleyball have on its flight, the asymmetric aerodynamics of which…
Army researchers are on a mission to understand the value of the molecular ‘living’ functionality of muscle, and the fundamental mechanics that would need to…
The Northern clingfish can hold tightly to rough, slimy surfaces. Credit: Petra Ditsche The finger-sized Northern clingfish employs one of the best suction cups in…
The configurational ensemble (a collection of 3D structures) of an intrinsically disordered protein, the N-terminal of c-Src kinase, which is a major signaling protein in…
An artist’s rendition of the Tyrannosaurus rex with the 3D imaging showing muscle activation in its head. Illustration courtesy of Brian Engh. University of Missouri…
Caterina Lamuta working with smart materials. Credit: University of Iowa Photography It is safe to say that 3D displays do not necessarily occur in nature…