Archaeology
Feb 22, 2023
The long and satisfying 28,000-year history of the dildo
A headline bound to get you up in the morning—a 2,000 year old dildo from ancient Rome has just been discovered.
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Biotechnology
Feb 9, 2023
Sensing water for smarter agriculture
Smart electronic soil sensors could enable farmers to deliver tailored doses of water to their crops, maximizing food production while saving water. KAUST researchers have developed a rapid and sensitive soil moisture sensor, ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 9, 2023
Make them thin enough, and antiferroelectric materials become ferroelectric
Antiferroelectric materials have electrical properties that make them advantageous for use in high-density energy storage applications. Researchers have now discovered a size threshold beyond which antiferroelectrics lose ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 2, 2023
Researchers create first supermode optical resonator
What does it take for scientists to push beyond the current limits of knowledge? Researchers in Federico Capasso's group at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed an effective ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 30, 2023
Electrospun nanomaterial offers great protection against electromagnetic interference
Engineers have employed "electrospinning," a new technique of manufacturing nanomaterials, to produce a novel fabric that offers high performance protection against electromagnetic interference, a phenomenon that can result ...
Environment
Jan 30, 2023
Dutch flood memories unleash new climate fears
Seventy years after the worst natural disaster to strike the Netherlands, Chiem de Vos, seven at the time, still hears his neighbour's desperate cries of "My children are drowning!" ringing in his ears.
Nanophysics
Jan 26, 2023
Graphene researchers discover long-term memory in 2D nanofluidic channels
A collaboration between teams from the National Graphene Institute (NGI) at The University of Manchester, and the École Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris, demonstrated Hebbian learning in artificial nanochannels, where the ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 17, 2023
New method for designing tiny 3D materials could make fuel cells more efficient
Scientists from UNSW Sydney have demonstrated a novel technique for creating tiny 3D materials that could eventually make fuel cells like hydrogen batteries cheaper and more sustainable.
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 16, 2023
Developing a weak-acid washing strategy for layered nickel-rich cathodes
New work on developing a weak-acid washing strategy for layered nickel-rich cathodes was published in Energy Material Advances.
Optics & Photonics
Jan 12, 2023
Optical coating approach prevents fogging and unwanted reflections
Researchers have developed an optical coating system that combines antifogging and antireflective properties. The new technology could help boost the performance of lidar systems and cameras.
