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The materials that will be game-changers in solar technology, medical applications, defense technologies and nanotechnology.
Droplet size distribution determined via new method
If you’ve ever splattered paint on a canvas or sprayed a cookie sheet with oil, you likely created — aside from…
The seagull diet: Sea food and eat it
Ocean-faring birds are sometimes found with bellies full of plastic. But very little research examines why…
Semiconductors are a girl’s best friend?
Due to its optoelectronic and mechanical properties, which make it ideal for a variety of applications,…
I can see clearly now the rain has gone
I can see all obstacles in my way...
Water-shedding coating for car windshields wins $10k grand prize at…
Stronger silk produced by feeding silkworms graphene
A team of researchers at Tsinghua University in China has found that adding graphene or carbon nanotubes to the…
Getting two-dimensional materials under control
Methods to control defects in two-dimensional materials, such as graphene, that may lead to improved membranes for…
Growing old gracefully by preventing free radicals
Free radicals destroy our cells, all human organisms are attacked by them and over times they contribute to us…
Materials discovery and the survival of the fittest battle
Paving the way for the development of dynamically-evolving polymers that form spontaneously by adapting to their…
Advance in low-cost clean energy generation
A substantial advance in generating electricity through a combination of concentrating solar power and…
The pressure of light is a “knife in the butter”
Researchers have used the pressure of light—also called optical forces or sometimes "tractor beams"—to create a new…