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Bio & Medicine Feb 27, 2023

Tissue engineering: Developing bioinspired multi-functional tendon-mimetic hydrogels

In a new report now published in Science Advances, Mingze Sun and a research team in physics, mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering in Hong Kong China reported the development of multifunctional tendon-mimetic ...

Earth Sciences Feb 21, 2023

Small-scale convection shuffles the oceanic lithosphere, finds study

The oceanic lithosphere forms at the summit of ocean ridges during seafloor spreading. Still, the formation of ocean basins is complex, influenced by smaller-scale convection, stagnated pieces of the lithosphere, and tectonic ...

Earth Sciences Feb 21, 2023

Bouncing seismic waves reveal distinct layer in Earth's inner core

Data captured from seismic waves caused by earthquakes has shed new light on the deepest parts of Earth's inner core, according to seismologists from The Australian National University (ANU).

Nanophysics Feb 16, 2023

Frustrated ferromagnetic transition in AB-stacked honeycomb bilayer

In two-dimensional (2D) ferromagnets, anisotropy is essential for the magnetic ordering as dictated by the Mermin-Wagner theorem. The recently discovered van der Waals ferromagnets are largely considered to have uniaxial ...

Biochemistry Jan 19, 2023

Squid tissues and chemistry combine for versatile hydrogels

Researchers at Hokkaido University in Japan have combined natural squid tissues with synthetic polymers to develop a strong and versatile hydrogel that mimics many of the unique properties of biological tissues. Hydrogels ...

Plasma Physics Jan 17, 2023

The mechanism of cosmic magnetic fields explored in the laboratory

Plasma is matter that is so hot that the electrons are separated from atoms. The electrons float freely and the atoms become ions. This creates an ionized gas—plasma—that makes up nearly all of the visible universe. Recent ...

Optics & Photonics Jan 13, 2023

Deep-ultraviolet birefringent hydrogel based on 2D cobalt-doped titanate

A birefringence based light modulator that works in the wavelength region of < 350 nm plays a vital role in DUV beam shaping, high density data storage, semiconductor micro-nano processing and photolithography. Actually, ...

Nanophysics Jan 6, 2023

Ultrathin vanadium oxychloride demonstrates strong optical anisotropic properties

The optical, electrical and mechanical properties of some materials change depending on the direction or orientation of the material. Depending on how wood is cut, for example, the orientation of the wood grain can result ...

Optics & Photonics Dec 23, 2022

Upconverting near‐infrared light detection in lead halide perovskite with core–shell lanthanide nanoparticles

Under the JST Strategic Basic Research Program PRESTO, Associate Professor Ayumi Ishii of Teikyo University of Science with her team members has developed a new near-infrared light sensor by using a material that converts ...

Condensed Matter Dec 16, 2022

The discovery of interfacial ferromagnetism in 2D antiferromagnet heterostructures

Van der Waals (vdW) magnets and their heterostructures have emerged as new platforms to explore exotic magnetic orders and quantum phenomena.

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