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Biomimetic tongue. University of Leeds Scientists have created synthetic soft surfaces with tongue-like textures for the first time using 3D printing, opening new possibilities for…
Native to desert habitats in Southern California, the diabolical ironclad beetle has an exoskeleton that’s one of the toughest, most crush-resistant structures known to exist…
This microscopic, twisting spiral — which exhibits interesting, tunable superconductive properties — was “grown” by depositing sheets of two-dimensional material over a substrate curved slightly…
The basket-web spider in its natural form with its unique lobster pot web and silk, which has now been revealed as uniquely robust. Credit: Professor…
Drops of honey on a hydrophobic surface. Credit: Aalto University In specially coated tubes, the more viscous a liquid is, the faster it flows. It’s…
Photo (left) of a nanowire forest being sprayed on a miniature tree, with color (purple) arising from embedded gold nanoparticles. Electron microscope image (right) of…
Aromatic hydrocarbon called as-indacenoterrylene is a bowl-shaped compound made only of hydrogen and carbon atoms that can absorb near infrared light. Credit: Norihito Fukui The…
Researchers have discovered a way to transform the electronic properties of nanoscale needles of diamond. Credit: MIT News Normally an insulator, diamond becomes a metallic…
Stacking monolayer and bilayer graphene sheets with a twist leads to new collective electronic states, including a rare form of magnetism. Credit: Columbia University Twisting…
Hydrogen can cause brittleness in several metals including ferritic steel, but recent advancements provide insight into the embrittlement process. a) The arrowhead-shaped delaminations in stainless…
What causes quasiparticle death? In large systems of interacting particles in quantum mechanics, an intriguing phenomenon often emerges: groups of particles begin to behave like…
Evolution of atomic lattice oscillation waves upon heating the tin sulfide crystal, as measured with neutron scattering. Credit: Tyson Lanigan-Atkins, Delaire group, Duke University ‘Cold…
A researcher tests the function of the solar cells inside the glove box. Credit: City University of Hong Kong While the power conversion efficiency of…
Artist’s impression of the photodetector device created by RMIT University researchers. Credit: Ella Marushchenko Thin and Ultra-Fast Photodetector Sees the Full Spectrum Researchers have developed…
A study of aluminum nanocatalysts by Rice University’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics found that octopods (left), six-sided particles with sharply pointed corners, had a reaction rate…
Injecting calcium into graphene creates a superconductor, but where does the calcium actually end up? Credit: FLEET ‘Floating’ Graphene on a Bed of Calcium Atoms…
Researchers at CRANN and Trinity’s School of Physics have discovered that a new material can act as a super-fast magnetic switch. When struck by successive…
Researchers led by Katja Nowack, assistant professor of physics, created this micron-scale Hall-effect sensor by sandwiching graphene between sheets of hexagonal boron nitride, resulting in…
Researchers have developed tripeptide crystals (illustrated above), which feature aqueous pores that expand and contract in response to humidity changes and use evaporation to create…