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Materials Sciences

Self-healing soft material outsmarts nature

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in Germany and at Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in the USA have developed a soft…

Materials Sciences

Almost no evidence of brittleness

Regeneratively produced hydrogen is an ideal energy carrier, which will be used in future applications as fuel cells and cars and will supplement natural gas…

Information Technology

Brazilian researchers develop an optical fiber made of gel derived from marine algae

An optical fiber made of agar has been produced at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. This device is edible, biocompatible…

Physics & Astronomy

Project creates more powerful, versatile ultrafast laser pulse

University of Rochester researchers are setting a new standard when it comes to producing ultrafast laser pulses over a broader range of wavelengths than…

Physics & Astronomy

Manipulating non-magnetic atoms in a chromium halide enables tuning of magnetic properties

The magnetic properties of a chromium halide can be tuned by manipulating the non-magnetic atoms in the material, a team, led by Boston College researchers,…

Earth Sciences

Wetter than wet: Global warming means more rain for Asian monsoon regions

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University studied how the weather will change with global warming in Asian monsoon regions using a high-resolution climate…

Medical Engineering

Images from the inside of blood vessels

Researchers of the Universities of Stuttgart and Adelaide in cooperation with medical research centers in Australia developed a special microoptical tool with…

Physics & Astronomy

Magnetic nanoparticles change their magnetic structure in a magnetic field

When ultrafine magnetic particles are exposed to an external magnetic field, their magnetic core grows in a previously unexpected way. This was observed by a…

Interdisciplinary Research

Carl Zeiss Foundation supports interdisciplinary atmospheric physics and computer science project at Mainz University

The Big Data in Atmospheric Physics (BINARY) project at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has been granted EUR 1.5 million in funding by the Carl Zeiss…

Environmental Conservation

Microplastics transport metallic pollutants: pursuing the Trojan horse

Microplastics in the environment are viewed as a global problem from more than one angle: on the one hand, laboratory tests have shown that the plastic…

Physics & Astronomy

Photonic crystal light converter

Spectroscopy is the use of light to analyze physical objects and biological samples. Different kinds of light can provide different kinds of information.

Materials Sciences

Scientists develop new material for longer-lasting fuel cells

In the study, published today in the journal Nanoscale, scientists produced graphene via a special, scalable technique and used it to develop hydrogen fuel…

Life & Chemistry

Digitizing chemistry with a smart stir bar

Automatic, remote data collection can make chemical processes more reliable, as well as less labor intensive and safer. This technology has begun to make…

Information Technology

Novel technology extends battery life, increases upload speed, and reduces data corruption

Memory devices come in many forms. From USB sticks, to external hard-drives, to chips implanted directly into smartphones.

Physics & Astronomy

A new method to significantly increase the range and stability of optical tweezers

Optical tweezers are a device which uses a laser beam to move micron-sized objects such as living cells, proteins, and molecules. In 2018, the American…

Physics & Astronomy

CIC nanoGUNE reaches new depths in infrared nanospectroscopy

Optical spectroscopy with infrared light, such as Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, allows for chemical identification of organic and inorganic…

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