A multifunctional electronic tattoo that integrates energy harvesting, energy storage, and real-time biometric sensing into a single, skin-conformal platform.
MXene-based e-tattoos harvest energy and monitor health in real time Read More »
Double explosion may have produced gravitational waves and light.
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Bizarre, lemon-shaped world has an atmosphere unlike any ever seen before.
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Chemical reactions that are sensitive to force could help power engineered materials that beat, twitch and shiver like living tissue for new applications in robotics and other technologies.
To get lifelike movement from synthetic materials, researchers can embrace chaos Read More »
Silver coated nanospikes on empress cicada wings amplify Raman signals by up to a million times, offering a scalable low cost route to sensitive molecular detection.
Empress cicada wings repurposed as powerful low cost SERS substrates Read More »
Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), a large class of synthetic chemicals, are valued for their ability to withstand heat, water, and oil. These materials are used in the production of everyday as well as industrial items. PFAS molecules are made up of a chain of carbon and fluorine atoms linked together.
Surface-engineered ZnO nanocrystals tackle perfluoroalkyl substance contamination Read More »
Zoom in far enough on an empress cicada wing, and a strange landscape materializes. At the nanoscale, densely packed spires rise from the surface, covering the wing in an endless grove of bowling pins.
Silver-coated cicada wing nanostructures boost molecular detection signals Read More »
Next-Generation Quantum Communication
In the era of instant data exchange and growing risks of cyberattacks, scientists are seeking secure methods of transmitting information. One promising solutio…
Next-generation quantum communication Read More »
Summary
While molecular cages offer high selectivity, previous versions lacked visible-light sensitivity, hindering their use in mild photochemical synthesis.
We engineered a platinum(II)-based M6…
A team of researchers at Rice University has developed a new membrane that selectively filters out lithium from brines, offering a faster, cleaner way to produce the element at the heart of nearly eve…
Rice membrane extracts lithium from brines with greater speed, less waste Read More »
