Dynamic hydrogel used to make 'soft robot' components and LEGO-like building blocks

Medicine & Technology Mar 22, 2019

Using a new type of dual polymer material capable of responding dynamically to its environment, Brown University researchers have developed a set of modular hydrogel components that could be useful in a variety of "soft robotic" and biomedical applications.

Inert nitrogen forced to react with itself

Mar 22, 2019

Constituting over 78 % of the air we breathe, nitrogen is the element found the most often in its pure form on earth. The reason for the abundance of elemental nitrogen is the incredible stability and inertness of dinitrogen (N2), a molecule comprising two nitrogen atoms and the form in which most nitrogen exists. Only in very harsh environments, such as in the ionosphere, can dinitrogen be assembled into longer nitrogen chains, forming N4 ions with very short lifetimes.

Obtaining Water From Thin Air

Mar 20, 2019

Everything from Nothing

Glass: The Science Behind It

Mar 20, 2019

A look into making an everyday unnoticed luxury.

Detecting Parkinson's disease using nanotechnology

Mar 19, 2019

Scientists discover a method in detecting Parkinson's and other brain disorders

Making xylitol and cellulose nanofibers from paper paste

Mar 19, 2019

The ecological bio-production of xylitol and cellulose nanofibers using modified yeast cells, from material produced by the paper industry has been achieved by a Japanese research team.

Supercrystal: A hidden phase of matter created by a burst of light

Mar 19, 2019

"Frustration" plus a pulse of laser light resulted in a stable "supercrystal" created by a team of researchers led by Penn State and Argonne National Laboratory, together with University of California, Berkeley, and two other national laboratories.

Time reversal through quantum computers

Mar 21, 2019

Scientists discover how to reverse time

Kevlar: A Revolutionary Plastic

Mar 18, 2019

Here's the science behind one of the world's strongest plastics.

E-Cigarettes: Vaporizing the Competition

Mar 17, 2019

The less of two evils?

Experts Call for a Ban on Genetic Editing

Mar 16, 2019

Ethical ban on genetic tampering

Cause of cathode degradation identified for nickle-rich materials

Mar 15, 2019

Combination of research methods reveals causes of capacity fading, giving scientists better insight to design advanced batteries for electric vehicles

University of Nottingham Breaks Their Own World Record for the Smallest Periodic Table

Mar 15, 2019

A new world record was set by the University of Nottingham when they etched a periodic table on a tiny silicon chip.

A Surgical Nightmare: Anesthesia Failure

Mar 14, 2019

What is worse than waking up on the operating table?

Quantum dots: a more efficient and cheaper alternative to semiconductors

Mar 18, 2019

Scientists discover another option for semiconductors