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Bio & Medicine Jul 10, 2023

Light-activated molecular machines get cells 'talking'

One of the main ways cells "talk" to each other to coordinate essential biological activities such as muscle contraction, hormone release, neuronal firing, digestion and immune activation is through calcium signaling.

Space Exploration Jul 6, 2023

Solving the RIME deployment mystery on ESA's Juice mission

When the RIME antenna on ESA's Juice mission failed to deploy a few days after launch, the engineering teams faced the mighty challenge of understanding the fault and rectifying it. At stake was a chance to see inside Jupiter's ...

Materials Science May 2, 2023

Self-folding origami machines powered by chemical reactions

A Cornell-led collaboration harnessed chemical reactions to make microscale origami machines self-fold—freeing them from the liquids in which they usually function, so they can operate in dry environments and at room temperature.

Bio & Medicine Apr 25, 2023

Defect-rich MnOx nanobelts prepared for glutathione detection in recent study

A recent study published in Sensors and Actuators: B. Chemical highlights the development of highly active oxidase mimics using MnOx nanobelts (NBs) generated through laser irradiation in liquid (LIL) techniques by researchers ...

Cell & Microbiology Apr 14, 2023

Label-free droplet-based methods improve rapid screening and sorting of bacteria

Effective, accurate and quick ways to screen and sort microbes are in short supply. Most methods available now rely on additional labeling steps to sort bacteria, which are typically time-consuming and cannot work well for ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 22, 2023

Team develops silicon photonic MEMS compatible with semiconductor manufacturing

A team of researchers led by the University of Sydney's Associate Professor Niels Quack has developed a new technology to combine optics and micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) in a microchip, paving the way for the creation ...

Nanomaterials Mar 6, 2023

Bending 2D nanomaterial could 'switch on' future technologies

Rice University materials scientist Boris Yakobson and collaborators uncovered a property of ferroelectric 2D materials that could be exploited as a feature in future devices.

Biotechnology Feb 24, 2023

Making engineered cells dance to ultrasound

Let's say you needed to move an individual cell from one place to another. How would you do it? Maybe some special tweezers? A really tiny shovel?

Optics & Photonics Nov 7, 2022

Silicon photonic microelectromechanical systems take a step forward

In recent years, global digitalization has seen unprecedented acceleration. Video streaming and video conferencing in home office and remote learning settings has resulted in a spike in residential broadband usage. Emerging ...

Polymers Sep 29, 2022

From super-sealings to the detection of dangerous cables thanks to ion beams

When accelerated neutrons or ions bombard a material, its surface layer undergoes dramatic physical and chemical transformations. The National Center for Nuclear Research in Swierk, Poland, has managed to learn in detail ...

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