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New electronic skin can react to pain like human skin
Researchers have developed electronic artificial skin that reacts to pain just like real skin, opening the way to better prosthetics, smarter robotics and non-invasive alternatives to skin grafts. The prototype...
Researchers manipulate two bits in one atom
Researchers at Delft University of Technology have succeeded in independently manipulating two different types of magnetism within a single atom. The results are relevant for the development of extremely small...
Graphene additives show a new way to control the structure of organic crystals
A team of researchers at The University of Manchester has demonstrated that the surface properties of graphene can be used to control the structure of organic crystals obtained from solution.
Nanomaterials— short polymers, big impact
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have discovered a cost-effective way to significantly improve the mechanical performance of common polymer nanocomposite materials. The discovery could lead to stronger, more durable materials...
Measuring adhesion and friction of polymer nanofibers
Using a device small enough to fit on the head of a pin, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign gained new knowledge about the properties of polymer fibers...
Column: A new California law is kicking in that will help keep debt collectors at bay
When SB 616 was signed into law last year, it was intended as a safety net for low-income households. The pandemic has changed that.
New laser-based tool is so fast it can observe chemical reactions
Engineers have developed a new type of infrared spectrometer that is fast enough to observe chemical reactions at high resolutions. The new technology is 100 times faster than previous spectrometers.
Making (Per)waves
Image: What looks like an engine made its way to space and back last November. While the hardware of the Perwaves experiment will not end up in your car, results from this...
Engineers create micron-scale optical tweezers
In 2018, one-half of the Nobel Prize was awarded to Arthur Ashkin, the physicist who developed optical tweezers, the use of a tightly focused laser beam to isolate and move...
Researchers investigate applications of magnetic sensors in the automotive and medical sectors
In his Christian Doppler Laboratory, Dieter Süss and his partners from the field of practice investigate the possible applications of magnetic sensors in the automotive and medical sector. Süss's technology...
Why different measurements of material properties sometimes give different results
It is very hard to take a photo of a hummingbird flapping its wings 50 times per second. The exposure time has to be much shorter than the characteristic time...
50 years ago, scientists were trying to develop a low-emission car
Another auto entry — Science News, September 12, 1970 The recent week-long clean air car race from Massachusetts to California provided a shotgun approach to development of low-emission or nonpolluting vehicle engines. Yet...
Climate change: Power companies 'hindering' move to green energy
New research suggests utilities are dragging their feet when it comes to embracing wind and solar.
Coronavirus: Pandemic 'causing new wave' of plastic pollution
Charity Surfers Against Sewage says it has seen a wave of discarded masks and plastics on beaches.
Rival powers jockey for the lead in hypersonic aircraft
The US, China and Russia are pouring money into aircraft that can fly at five times the speed of sound.
Pelicans' Brandon Ingram wins NBA's Most Improved Player Award
New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram capped his breakout 2019-20 season by capturing the NBA's Most Improved Player Award on Monday.
U.S. Open tennis: Coco Gauff bounced in first round; Stefanos Tsitsipas advances
Cori "Coco" Gauff was knocked out of the U.S. Open after a first-round loss to No. 31 seed Anastasija Sevastova on Monday at Louis Armstrong Stadium in Flushing, N.Y.
4 crew members safe after U.S. Navy plane crashes in Virginia
All four crew members bailed out of a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft that crashed near Wallops Island, Va., and were found alive Monday, the Navy said.
Portable, point-of-care COVID-19 test could bypass the lab, study finds
Researchers have demonstrated a prototype of a rapid COVID-19 molecular test and a simple-to-use, portable instrument for reading the results with a smartphone in 30 minutes, which could enable point-of-care...
New X-ray detection technology developed
Researchers have developed a new material that could be used to make flexible X-ray detectors that are less harmful to the environment and cost less than existing technologies.
Researchers develop new X-ray detection technology
Florida State University researchers have developed a new material that could be used to make flexible X-ray detectors that are less harmful to the environment and cost less than existing...
Scientists reveal secret of material for promising infrared cameras
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the RAS Institute for Theoretical and Applied Electromagnetics have discovered what makes vanadium dioxide films conduct electricity. Published in Physical...
New evidence for quantum fluctuations near a quantum critical point in a superconductor
A study has found evidence for quantum fluctuations near a quantum critical point in a superconductor. Theory suggests that these quantum critical points may be analogous to black holes as...
Authorities arrest 'Hotel Rwanda' film hero Paul Rusesabagina
Authorities on Monday arrested on terror-related charges Paul Rusesabagina, who sheltered hundreds of Rwandans in a hotel to save them from genocide, inspiring the film, Hotel Rwanda, an investigative agency...
Demonstrating the dynamics of electron-light interaction originating from first principle
With the highest possible spatial resolution of less than a millionth of a millimeter, electron microscopes make it possible to study the properties of materials at the atomic level and...
Researchers develop molecule to store solar energy
Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a molecule that absorbs energy from sunlight and stores it in chemical bonds. A possible long-term use of the molecule is to capture...
Molecule to store solar energy developed
Researchers have developed a molecule that absorbs energy from sunlight and stores it in chemical bonds. A possible long-term use of the molecule is to capture solar energy efficiently and...
Demonstrating the dynamics of electron-light interaction originating from first principle
Quantum-physical fundamentals can be studied particularly well by the interactions between electrons and photons. Excited with laser light, for example, the energy, mass or velocity of the electrons changes. A...