Matter & Energy News
April 15, 2024
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Apr. 10, 2024 — In a new breakthrough that could revolutionise medical and material engineering, scientists have developed a first-of-its-kind molecular device that controls the release of multiple small molecules ...
Mar. 18, 2024 — Leafhoppers, a common backyard insect, secrete and coat themselves in tiny mysterious particles that could provide both the inspiration and the instructions for next-generation technology, according to a new study. In a first, the team precisely ...
Mar. 18, 2024 — Performing a new task based solely on verbal or written instructions, and then describing it to others so that they can reproduce it, is a cornerstone of human communication that still resists artificial intelligence (AI). A team has succeeded in ...
Mar. 18, 2024 — Important data can be stored and concealed quite easily in ordinary plastic using 3D printers and terahertz radiation, scientists show. Holography can be done quite easily: A 3D printer can be used to produce a panel from normal plastic in which a ...
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Apr. 8, 2024 — Team successfully exerted electrical control over polaritons, hybridized light-matter particles, at room ...
Apr. 3, 2024 — Researchers have made a groundbreaking advancement in battery technology, developing a novel cathode material for rechargeable magnesium batteries ...
Apr. 3, 2024 — One of the most fundamental interactions in physics is that of electrons and light. In an experiment, scientists have now managed to observe what is known as the Kapitza-Dirac effect for the first ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Star Trek's Holodeck is no longer just science fiction. Using AI, engineers have created a tool that can generate 3D environments, prompted by everyday ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Cloud 'engineering' could be more effective for climate cooling than previously thought, because of the increased cloud cover produced, new research ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — The rise of RNA viruses like SARS-CoV-2 highlights the need for new ways to fight them. RNA-targeting tools like CRISPR/Cas13 are powerful but inefficient in the cytoplasm of cells, where many RNA ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — What if changes in a person's stress levels could be detected while they sleep using wearable devices? A new study find changes in perceived stress levels reflected in sleep data -- an important step ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — New research suggests that materials commonly overlooked in computer chip design actually play an important role in information processing, a ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Adding one simple rule to an idealized game of billiards leads to a wealth of intriguing mathematical questions, as well as applications in the physics of living organisms. Researchers are ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — A new detector system based on the game 'Tetris' could enable inexpensive, accurate radiation detectors for monitoring nuclear ...
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Apr. 11, 2024 — Using machine learning, researchers have tied low-magnitude microearthquakes to the permeability of subsurface rocks beneath the Earth, a discovery that could have implications for improving ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — While there's no regulation in the U.S. for what's in organic shampoos, they tend to contain ingredients perceived as safe or environmentally friendly. However, these 'clean' ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — New research is shedding light on one barrier to a clean energy future: corrosion. Using nanoscale imaging techniques, researchers have captured high-resolution videos of tiny crystals of ruthenium ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Tyche is a machine-learning framework that can generate plausible answers when asked to identify potential disease in medical images. By capturing the ambiguity in images, the technique could prevent ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Researchers have developed a mass synthesis process for sodium-containing sulfides. Mass synthesis of electrolytes with high conductivity and formability is key to the practical use of ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Voids, or empty spaces, exist within matter at all scales, from the astronomical to the microscopic. In a new study, researchers used high-powered microscopy and mathematical theory to unveil ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Researchers have developed synthetic platelets that can be used to stop bleeding and enhance healing at the site of an injury. The researchers have demonstrated that the synthetic platelets work well ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Despite their great trust in the on-board autopilot, bridge officers do not believe that autonomous ships will make shipping safer. Moreover, the greater the professional commitment and pride of the ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — A team of scientists has unveiled a method for 3D printing that allows manufacturers to create custom-made objects more economically and ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — The potential of quantum technology is huge but is today largely limited to the extremely cold environments of laboratories. Now, researchers have succeeded in demonstrating for the very first time ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — The path to quantum supremacy is made challenging by the issues associated with scaling up the number of qubits. One key problem is the way that qubits are measured. A research group introduces a new ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — Researchers have developed a digital display screen where the LEDs themselves react to touch, light, fingerprints and the user's pulse, among other things. Their results could be the start of a ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — Chemists show that a machine-based method prevents widespread 'bias' in chemical ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — When scuba divers need to say 'I'm okay' or 'Shark!' to their dive partners, they use hand signals to communicate visually. But sometimes these movements are difficult to ...
Apr. 9, 2024 — Wirelessly connected devices perform an expanding array of applications, such as monitoring the condition of machinery and remote sensing in agricultural settings. These applications hold much ...
Apr. 9, 2024 — Microplastic particles can be found in the most remote ocean regions on earth. In Antarctica, pollution levels are even higher than previously ...
Apr. 9, 2024 — A study that could help revolutionize wireless communication introduces a novel method to curve terahertz signals around an ...
Apr. 9, 2024 — Scientists are using computer simulations and laboratory experiments to see if depleted oil and natural gas reservoirs can be used for storing carbon-free hydrogen fuel. Hydrogen is an important ...
Apr. 9, 2024 — With climate change and rising urbanization, the likelihood and severity of urban flooding are increasing. But not all city blocks are created equal. Researchers investigated how urban layout and ...
Apr. 9, 2024 — A team has taken the first atomic-resolution images and demonstrated electrical control of a chiral interface state -- an exotic quantum phenomenon that could help researchers advance quantum ...
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Rock Permeability, Microquakes Link May Be a Boon for Geothermal Energy
- A New Spin on Organic Shampoo Makes It Sudsier, Longer Lasting
- Nanoscale Movies Shed Light on One Barrier to a Clean Energy Future
- New AI Method Captures Uncertainty in Medical Images
- Discovery Brings All-Solid-State Sodium Batteries Closer to Practical Use
- Nothing Is Everything: How Hidden Emptiness Can Define the Usefulness of Filtration Materials
- Synthetic Platelets Stanch Bleeding, Promote Healing in Animal Models
- Proud Seafarers Have Strong Doubts About the Safety of Autonomous Ships
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- New 3D-Printing Method Makes Printing Objects More Affordable and Eco-Friendly
- Quantum Breakthrough When Light Makes Materials Magnetic
- New Method of Measuring Qubits Promises Ease of Scalability in a Microscopic Package
- Breakthrough for Next-Generation Digital Displays
- New Strategy for Assessing the Applicability of Reactions
- Waterproof 'e-Glove' Could Help Scuba Divers Communicate
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- New Device Gathers, Stores Electricity in Remote Settings
- Tiny Plastic Particles Are Found Everywhere
- Could New Technique for 'curving' Light Be the Secret to Improved Wireless Communication?
- Subterranean Storage of Hydrogen
- A Smarter City Skyline for Flood Safety
- New Technique Lets Scientists Create Resistance-Free Electron Channels
- BESSY II: How Pulsed Charging Enhances the Service Time of Batteries
- Cardiology Team Performs Novel Heart Artery Repair With Newly Approved Device
Monday, April 8, 2024
- A Pulse of Innovation: AI at the Service of Heart Research
- Engineers Design Soft and Flexible 'skeletons' For Muscle-Powered Robots
- This 3D Printer Can Figure out How to Print With an Unknown Material
- New Four-Terminal Tandem Organic Solar Cell Achieves 16.94% Power Conversion Efficiency
- Novel Robust-Optimal Controllers Based on Fuzzy Descriptor System
- Protecting Art and Passwords With Biochemistry
- Scientists Unveil Cutting-Edge Ruthenium Catalyst for New Reaction Discovery and Optimization
- Using Pulp and Paper Waste to Scrub Carbon from Emissions
- How Mosquito Larva Guts Could Help Create Highly Specific Insecticides
- PFAS 'forever Chemicals' Above Drinking Water Guidelines in Global Source Water
- How Scientists Are Accelerating Chemistry Discoveries With Automation
- Proof-of-Principle Demonstration of 3-D Magnetic Recording
Friday, April 5, 2024
- Ocean Waves Propel PFAS Back to Land
- A Simple, Inexpensive Way to Make Carbon Atoms Bind Together
- Innovative Sensing Platform Unlocks Ultrahigh Sensitivity in Conventional Sensors
- Chemical Reactions Can Scramble Quantum Information as Well as Black Holes
- Rapid, Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Bacteria Achieved With Handheld Sensor
- Kerr-Enhanced Optical Spring for Next-Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- Britain Began Industrializing in the 17th Century -- Over a 100 Years Earlier Than History Books Claim
- Progress in Quantum Physics: Researchers Tame Superconductors
- Self-Assembly of Complex Systems: Hexagonal Building Blocks Are Better
- One-Third of Ride-Share Drivers Have Had a Crash on the Job, Survey Finds
- Researchers 3D Print Key Components for a Point-of-Care Mass Spectrometer
- Physics of Complex Fluids: Ring Polymers Show Unexpected Motion Patterns Under Shear
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- 'Tug of War' Tactic Enhances Chemical Separations for Critical Materials
- For Mining in Arid Regions to Be Responsible, We Must Change How We Think About Water
- Developing a Vaccine for the 'zombie Drug' Xylazine
- Researchers Discover 'neutronic Molecules'
- 'Smart Swarms' Of Tiny Robots Inspired by Natural Herd Mentality
- Machine Learning Enables Viability of Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines
- Plant-Based Plastic Releases Nine Times Less Microplastics Than Conventional Plastic
- Drawing Inspiration from Plants: A Metal-Air Paper Battery for Wearable Devices
- New Granular Materials Flow but Can Still Be Compressed
- Plastic-Free Vegan Leather That Dyes Itself Grown from Bacteria
- Magnetic Fields Boost Clean Energy
- Water-Based Paints: Less Stinky, but Some Still Contain Potentially Hazardous Chemicals
- Research Reveals Pre-Collapse Monitoring of Kakhovka Dam, Ukraine
- Intelligent Liquid
- A Simple Way to Harvest More 'blue Energy' From Waves
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- Elastocaloric Cooling: Refrigerator Cools by Flexing Artificial Muscles
- Sunrise to Sunset, New Window Coating Blocks Heat -- Not View
- AI Writing, Illustration Emits Hundreds of Times Less Carbon Than Humans, Study Finds
- Building Blocks for Greener Energy: Reconfigurable Elastic Metasurface
- Biofilm-Resistant Glass for Marine Environments
- Chemistry Researchers Modify Solar Technology to Produce a Less Harmful Greenhouse Gas
- Wound Treatment Gel Fights the Battle Against Antibacterial Resistance
- 100 Kilometers of Quantum-Encrypted Transfer
- New Materials Discovered for Safe, High-Performance Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries
Monday, April 1, 2024
- Engineers 'symphonize' Cleaner Ammonia Production
- Are High-Purity Cathode Materials Truly Necessary?
- Cellphone Compass Can Measure Tiny Concentrations of Compounds Important for Human Health
- Physics-Based Predictive Tool Will Speed Up Battery and Superconductor Research
- Researchers Produce Grafts That Replicate the Human Ear
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Magnetic Avalanche Triggered by Quantum Effects
- New Approach to Monitoring Freshwater Quality Can Identify Sources of Pollution, and Predict Their Effects
- Artificial Intelligence Boosts Super-Resolution Microscopy
- Study Unlocks the Power of Visible Light for Sustainable Chemistry
- Nuclear Fusion, Lithium and the Tokamak: Adding Just Enough Fuel to the Fire
- Revolutionary Biomimetic Olfactory Chips to Enable Advanced Gas Sensing and Odor Detection
- Rapid Production of Isocyanate-Free, Biobased Polyurethane Foams at Ambient Temperature Is Now a Reality
- 3D Images Reveal Link Between Crack Complexity and Material Toughness
- An Innovative Mixed Light Field Technique for Immersive Projection Mapping
- Can Metalens Be Commercialized at a Fraction of the Cost?
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- Robot, Can You Say 'cheese'?
- More Efficient TVs, Screens and Lighting
- A Tiny Spot Leads to a Large Advancement in Nano-Processing, Researchers Reveal
- Heat, Cold Extremes Hold Untapped Potential for Solar and Wind Energy
- A New Type of Cooling for Quantum Simulators
- Researchers Create Biocompatible Nanoparticles to Enhance Systemic Delivery of Cancer Immunotherapy
- Implantable Batteries Can Run on the Body's Own Oxygen
- Hidden Geometry of Learning: Neural Networks Think Alike
- Super Permeable Wearable Electronics Developed for Stable, Long-Term Biosignal Monitoring
- Artificial Reef Designed by MIT Engineers Could Protect Marine Life, Reduce Storm Damage
- A Solar Cell You Can Bend and Soak in Water