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A novel method to precisely deliver therapeutics inside the body
A new way to deliver therapeutic proteins inside the body uses an acoustically sensitive carrier to encapsulate the proteins and ultrasound to image and guide the package to the exact...
Sensors woven into a shirt can monitor vital signs
Researchers developed a way to incorporate electronic sensors into stretchy fabrics, allowing them to create shirts or other garments that could monitor vital signs such as temperature, respiration, and heart...
The best material for homemade face masks may be a combination of two fabrics
Researchers report that a combination of cotton with natural silk or chiffon can effectively filter out aerosol particles -- if the fit is good.
Two steps closer to flexible, powerful, fast bioelectronic devices
Researchers have designed biocompatible ion-driven soft transistors that can perform real-time neurologically relevant computation and a mixed-conducting particulate composite that allows creation of electronic components out of a single material....
Researchers discover new structure for promising class of materials
Florida State University researchers have discovered a novel structure for organic-inorganic hybrid materials that shows potential for more efficient technologies.
Water may look like a simple liquid; however, it is anything but simple to analyze
Scientists have been able to shed new light on the properties of water at the molecular level. In particular, they were able to describe accurately the interactions between three water...
Two steps closer to flexible, powerful, fast bioelectronic devices
Dion Khodagholy, assistant professor of electrical engineering, is focused on developing bioelectronic devices that are not only fast, sensitive, biocompatible, soft, and flexible, but also have long-term stability in physiological...
Catalyst opens door to more efficient, environmentally friendly ethylene production
A research team led by North Carolina State University has engineered a new catalyst that can more efficiently convert ethane into ethylene, which is used in a variety of manufacturing...
Engineers open door to big new library of tiny nanoparticles
The development of bimetallic nanoparticles (i.e., tiny particles composed of two different metals that exhibit several new and improved properties) represents a novel area of research with a wide range...
Fueling the world sustainably: Synthesizing ammonia using less energy
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed an improved catalyst by taking the common dehydrating agent calcium hydride and adding fluoride to it. The catalyst facilitates the...
Bose-Einstein condensate: Magnetic particles behave repulsively
Data transmission that works by means of magnetic waves instead of electric currents: For many scientists, this is the basis of future technologies that will make transmission faster and individual...
If you’re buying a beard trimmer, make it one of these
Keep it tight with a trim. (Amazon/)Those of you who keep your facial hair from getting too scruffy know that it takes some effort—and a good trimmer makes all the difference. No...
Electronic skin fully powered by sweat can monitor health
Electronic skin monitors body's vitals signs while being powered by sweat.
WHO begins initiative to speed coronavirus vaccines, diagnoses
World leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined in the WHO announcement Friday to begin the "landmark collaboration."
Big data reveals we're running out of time to save environment and ourselves
The use of big data can help scientists chart not only the degradation of the environment but can be part of the solution to achieve sustainability, according to a new...
Water molecules dance in three
An international team of scientists lead by Professor Martina Havenith from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) has been able to shed new light on the properties of water at the molecular level....
New high-energy-density physics research provides insights about the universe
Atoms and molecules behave very differently at extreme temperatures and pressures. Although such extreme matter doesn't exist naturally on the earth, it exists in abundance in the universe, especially in...
Boosting polaritonic nonlinearity with a mechanism to create polaron-polaritons
A team of researchers from the Institute for Quantum Electronics, ETH Zürich, the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and the Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology has found...
Towards a nanomechanical quantum switchboard
Physicists at Universität Regensburg have coupled the vibrations of a macromolecule—a carbon nanotube—to a microwave cavity, creating a novel and highly miniaturized optomechanical system. The team of Dr. Andreas K....
Researchers develop fused-ring electron acceptor with 3-D exciton and charge transport
Recently, Professor Zhan Xiaowei's group from the College of Engineering at Peking University made progress in non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells (OSCs). They developed a new fluorinated fused-ring electron...
Electric shavers for a smooth head and an easy haircut
You choose how short you want to go. (Jonathan Weiss via Unsplash/)Spring cleaning can take many forms. One classic way to wash away the woes of winter is to buzz your head....
Colliding solitons in optical microresonators to reveal important fundamental physics
Solitons are self-reinforcing particle-like wave packets enabled by the balance between dispersion and nonlinearity. Occurring in hydrodynamics, lasers, cold atoms, and plasmas, solitons are generated when a laser field is...
Team gains insights on the oxide layer of stainless steel
In March, a team of Alfa Laval researchers and scientists from Lund University led by Axel Knutsson, Material Specialist at Alfa Laval, came to the MAXPEEM beamline for four-days beamtime....
Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd reuniting for 'Shrink Next Door'
"Anchorman" co-stars Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd have signed on to star in an Apple TV+ dark comedy called "The Shrink Next Door."
Researchers watch the dynamics of plasmonic skyrmions made from light on ultra-smooth gold platelets for the first time
The destructive force of a tornado occurs due to the extremely high rotational speeds in its center, which is called a vortex. Surprisingly, similar effects are predicted for light that...
New solution to capture microplastics before they enter waterways
A thousand liters of seawater can contain up to 8.3 million particles of microplastics. Until now, identifying these very small particles has been difficult—usually they are only detected once they...
Synthesizing new superheavy elements to open up the eighth period of the periodic table
Measurements of collisions between small and large atomic nuclei by RIKEN physicists will inform the quest to produce new elements and could lead to new chemistry involving superheavy elements.
Hulu: What's coming and going in May 2020
"The Great," starring Elle Fanning, Justin Roiland's animated series "Solar Opposites" and new seasons of "Ramy" and "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." are headed to Hulu.