No more moving parts: Liquid metal enabled chemical reactors
Liquid-metal machines could wipe out maintenance issues for continuous flow reactors.
Biochemistry
Nov 15, 2021
0
203
Matter
Plant inspired silicone and saltwater composites have osmotically active response
A pair of researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed an artificial material that emulates the way that plants use fluids to defy gravity. In their paper published in the CellPress journal Matter, ...
Powerful X-ray technique finds new degradation-inducing materials in British shipwreck
In 1545, King Henry VIII's favorite ship, the Mary Rose, capsized and sank in the Battle of the Solent defending England and Portsmouth from a French invasion fleet. The wreck remained on the seabed until 1982 when it was ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 27, 2021
0
16
Improvements in microscopy home in on biology's elusive details
In the late 1600s, the Dutch tradesman Anthoni van Leeuwenhoek began investigating the world of the very small using the first microscope, discovering a riotous world of protists, bacteria, and other previously unseen organisms. ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 14, 2021
0
67
Researchers discover new strategy for developing human-integrated electronics
Polymer semiconductors—materials that have been made soft and stretchy but still able to conduct electricity—hold promise for future electronics that can be integrated within the body, including disease detectors and ...
Materials Science
Aug 4, 2021
1
1490
Plant patch enables continuous monitoring for crop diseases
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a patch that plants can "wear" to monitor continuously for plant diseases or other stresses, such as crop damage or extreme heat.
Biotechnology
Jul 7, 2021
0
9
Scientists design 'nanotraps' to catch, clear coronavirus
Researchers at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) at the University of Chicago have designed a completely novel potential treatment for COVID-19: nanoparticles that capture SARS-CoV-2 viruses within the body ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 27, 2021
3
277
Molecule from nature provides fully recyclable polymers
Plastics are among the most successful materials of modern times. However, they also create a huge waste problem. Scientists from the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) and the East China University of Science and ...
Materials Science
Feb 4, 2021
0
359
New electron microscopy technique offers first look at previously hidden processes
Northwestern researchers have developed a new microscopy method that allows scientists to see the building blocks of "smart" materials being formed at the nanoscale.
Materials Science
Dec 22, 2020
0
1502
Engineers build chemically driven wheels that 'morph' into gears to perform mechanical work
The gear is one of the oldest mechanical tools in human history and led to machines ranging from early irrigation systems and clocks, to modern engines and robotics. For the first time, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh ...
Materials Science
Dec 18, 2020
0
70
