Low-dimensional uniform manifold approximation projection showing symmetry-aware image similarity from a database of greater than 25,000 piezoresponse force microscopy images. Credit: Joshua Agar/Lehigh University A…
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Scientists performed transmission electron microscopy and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) at Brookhaven Lab’s Center for Functional Nanomaterials and National Synchrotron Light Source II to characterize…
UCLA-designed self-powered, stretchable, waterproof magnetoelastic generator for bioelectronics. Credit: Jun Chen/UCLA A team of bioengineers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has invented a…
Each human being uses, on average, 30 kg of plastic per year. Given that global life expectancy currently stands at approximately 70 years, each person…
An MIT team has fabricated a hydrogel-based material that mimics the structure of the lobster’s underbelly, the toughest known hydrogel found in nature. The membrane’s…
A laser heats up ultra-thin bars of silicon. Credit: Steven Burrows/JILA A team of physicists at CU Boulder has solved the mystery behind a perplexing…
The new artificial intelligence tool has already led to the discovery of four new materials. Researchers at the University of Liverpool have created a collaborative…
Understanding how electrons move in 2-D layered material systems could lead to advances in quantum computingPerforming computation using quantum-mechanical phenomena such as superposition and entanglement.”>quantum…
Variation on the cover art of the Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics issue featuring the study reported in this story, both of the artworks by the…
Drinking straws are single use plastic products which will be subjected to a Europe-wide sales ban from 2021 onwards. This is stated in EU Directive…
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Hiroshima Institute of Technology, et al. induced substantial motion of oxide ions within perovskite crystals…
The shell of the brachiopod Discinisca tenuis is hard and brittle but becomes soft and flexible when exposed to water. Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory An…
This diagram illustrates the new process for enhancing reaction rates in an electrocatalytic process. The catalyst layer, made of gold or platinum, is shown as…
The nanoporous super multi-element catalyst promotes the water splitting from water to hydrogen and oxygen. Credit: Takeshi Fujita Simple creation of a super multi-element catalyst…
Researchers at Argonne have demonstrated an on-chip quantum circuit and realized strong coupling between a superconducting resonator and a magnetic device. This earlier research introduced…
Schematic of a superconducting circuit [thin black lines] on a silicon chip [yellow base], being imaged using terahertz scanning near-field microscopy [red beam focused into…
Ultrafast laser spectroscopy allows observing the motion of atoms at their natural time scales in the range of femtoseconds, the millionth of a billionth of…
Illustration of ghost polaritons propagating away from a point source over a calcite surface. Credit: Weiliang Ma/HUST An international team has reported in Nature the…
Illustration depicts the atomic structure of double-layer borophene. In this image, all atoms are boron, with the pink boron atoms specifically involved in bonding between…