Matter & Energy News
April 24, 2025
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Apr. 23, 2025 — Inspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop. Their device, a silicone rod with a carbon-fiber spine, can leap 10 feet high even though it doesn't have ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — Engineers developed a technique to grow and peel ultrathin 'skins' of electronic material that could be used in applications such as night-vision eyewear and autonomous driving in foggy ...
Apr. 11, 2025 — A team of researchers reported the first direct observation of a surprising quantum phenomenon predicted over half a century ago known as a superradiant phase transition, which occurs when two groups of quantum particles begin to fluctuate in a ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — A hopping, insect-sized robot can jump over gaps or obstacles, traverse rough, slippery, or slanted surfaces, and perform aerial acrobatic maneuvers, while using a fraction of the energy required for flying ...
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Apr. 23, 2025 — Using their novel FRESH 3D bioprinting technique, which allows for printing of soft living cells and tissues, a lab has built a tissue model entirely out of ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — The iCares bandage uses innovative microfluidic components, sensors, and machine learning to sample and analyze wounds and provide data to help patients and caregivers make treatment ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — Researchers have identified a new material which could be used as a flexible semiconductor in wearable devices by using a technique that focuses on ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — A research team has developed an innovative single-step laser printing technique to accelerate the manufacturing of lithium-sulfur batteries. ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — Researchers developed a machine-learning model that can predict the structures of transition states of chemical reactions in less than a second, with high accuracy. Their model could make it easier ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — The invention is a metamaterial, which is a material engineered to feature new and unusual properties that depend on the material's physical structure rather than its chemical composition. In this ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — In a breakthrough that blends ancient design with modern materials science, researchers have developed a new class of ceramic structures that can bend under pressure -- without ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — After uncovering a unifying algorithm that links more than 20 common machine-learning approaches, researchers organized them into a 'periodic table of machine learning' that can help scientists ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — Conservators and museum technicians protect precious archaeological metal objects, such as tools and weapons, with clear coatings, leaving preserved and unobstructed views of these detailed ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — A bacteria killing coating created by scientists has been used in trials of a new paint that can be applied to a range of surfaces to effectively kill bacteria and viruses, including difficult to ...
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Apr. 23, 2025 — A new catalyst structure offers a potential pathway toward more cost-effective hydrogen production via water electrolysis. The material centers on mesoporous single-crystalline Co3O4 doped with ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — Engineers have fabricated a metamaterial that is not only strong but also stretchy. Their new method could enable stretchable ceramics, glass, and metals, for tear-proof textiles or stretchy ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — If you haven't heard of a tardigrade before, prepare to be wowed. These clumsy, eight-legged creatures, nicknamed water bears, are about half a millimeter long and can survive practically ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — A research group has manipulated light through its interaction with a metal surface so that it exhibits entirely new ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Researchers have developed a new robotic framework powered by artificial intelligence -- called RHyME (Retrieval for Hybrid Imitation under Mismatched Execution) -- that allows robots to learn tasks ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Genome editing has advanced at a rapid pace with promising results for treating genetic conditions -- but there is always room for improvement. A new paper showcases the power of scalable protein ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — A new tissue expansion method enables scientists to use mass spectrometry imaging to simultaneously detect hundreds of molecules at the single cell level in their native ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Researchers introduced a novel method for fabricating functional flat-to-shape objects using a computer-controlled sewing machine. The team's method uses the sewing machine to stitch pockets ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Researchers have developed a light-induced DNA detection method that enables rapid, PCR-free genetic analysis. Their technique offers ultra-sensitive mutation detection in just five minutes, reducing ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Researchers explored a colloidal crystal model to produce specific polymorphs, required for use in materials science and ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Asymmetric interactions between molecules may serve as a stabilizing factor for biological systems. A new model reveals this regulatory role of non-reciprocity. The scientists aim to understand the ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Financial benefits, such as saving on utility payments and avoiding electricity rate hikes, are a key driver of U.S. adults' willingness to consider installing rooftop solar panels or ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery that could potentially revolutionize treatments for antibiotic-resistant infections, cancer and other challenging gram-negative pathogens without ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Researchers document a multi-faceted global snapshot of the environmental aspects and trends surrounding single-use plastics in a review article. The researchers state that the largest area of ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that kills more than a million people worldwide every year. The pathogen that causes the disease, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is deadly in part because of ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Researchers observe over a dozen never-before-seen quantum states in a unique quantum ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Despite advances in wastewater treatment, tiny plastic particles called microplastics are still slipping through, posing potential health and environmental hazards, according to new ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Based on fundamental research, a new startup is upending decades-old approaches for the way the world extracts lithium and other ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Saying one thing while feeling another is part of being human, but bottling up emotions can have serious psychological consequences like anxiety or panic attacks. To help health care providers tell ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — As farmers debate whether fields should be used for agriculture or solar panels, new research says the answer could be both. Scientists analyzed remote sensing and aerial imagery to study how fields ...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- New Porous Crystal Catalyst Offers Durable, Efficient Solution for Clean Hydrogen Production
- Engineers Print Synthetic 'metamaterials' That Are Both Strong and Stretchy
- Scientists Have Found a Way to 'tattoo' Tardigrades
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- Light Fields With Extraordinary Structure: Plasmonic Skyrmion Bags
- Robot See, Robot Do: System Learns After Watching How-to Videos
- Researchers Use Machine Learning to Engineer 'bespoke Enzymes' For Gene Editing
- New Technique Expands Tissues So Hundreds of Biomolecules Can Be Seen Inside Cells
- Transformable Flat-to-Shape Objects Created Using Sewing Technology
- Shining a Light on DNA: A Rapid, Ultra-Sensitive, PCR-Free Detection Method
- A Colloidal Crystal Model for Controlled Polymorph Selection
- Activity Stabilizes Mixtures
- In US, Saving Money Is Top Reason to Embrace Solar Power
- Using Blue Light to Fight Drug-Resistant Infections
- Trash Talk: As Plastic Use Soars, Researchers Examine Biodegradable Solutions
Monday, April 21, 2025
- A Light-Activated Probe Reveals TB Immune System Evasion Mechanisms
- It's a Quantum Zoo out There, and Scientists Just Found a Dozen New 'species'
- Harmful Microplastics Infiltrating Drinking Water
- From Research to Real-World, Startup Tackles Soaring Demand for Lithium and Other Critical Minerals
- High-Tech Sticker Can Identify Real Human Emotions
- Should Farm Fields Be Used for Crops or Solar? Or Both
Friday, April 18, 2025
- 'Faster Charging, Longer Lifespan': Next-Generation Battery Breakthrough
- Pushing Boundaries: Detecting the Anomalous Hall Effect Without Magnetization in a New Class of Materials
- Soft Brainstem Implant Delivers High-Resolution Hearing
- Scientists Uncover Quantum Surprise: Matter Mediates Ultrastrong Coupling Between Light Particles
- A Wearable Smart Insole Can Track How You Walk, Run and Stand
Thursday, April 17, 2025
- Unlocking the Secrets of Superfluid: Scientists Unveil How Dipolar Interactions Shape Two-Dimensional Superfluid Behavior
- New Hybrid Materials as Efficient Thermoelectrics
- A New Take on the Abilities of Hydrogen Binding Energy for Use in Single Atom Catalysts
- Green Hydrogen: A Cage Structured Material Transforms Into a Performant Catalyst
- Researchers Demonstrate New Class of Quantum Materials That Are Both Metallic and One-Dimensional
- Tying Light from Lasers Into Stable 'optical Knots'
- A Cool Fix for Hot Chips: Advanced Thermal Management Technology for Electronic Devices
- Curved Neutron Beams Could Deliver Benefits Straight to Industry
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- Golden Eyes: How Gold Nanoparticles May One Day Help to Restore People's Vision
- Faster Way to Solve Complex Planning Problems
- RoboBee Comes in for a Landing
- Farm Robot Autonomously Navigates, Harvests Among Raised Beds
- A New Super Metal Stands Strong, No Matter the Temperature
- Researchers Introduce a Brand-New Method to Detect Gunshot Residue at the Crime Scene
- Uncovering the Relationship Between Life and Sound
- Holiday Flights Could Carry Fewer Passengers as World Warms
- A Step Toward Harnessing Clean Energy from Falling Rainwater
- Novel Machine Learning Model Can Predict Material Failure Before It Happens
- Living Fungus-Based Building Material Repairs Itself for Over a Month
- Bite-Sized Chunks of Chicken With the Texture of Whole Meat Can Be Grown in the Lab
- A Compact, Mid-Infrared Pulse Generator
- 'Cosmic Radio' Could Find Dark Matter in 15 Years
- Study Finds Dramatic Boost in Air Quality from Electrifying Railways
- Scientists Create a 'brilliantly Luminous' Nanoscale Chemical Tool
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
- No Butterfingers in Baseball: Understanding Slip Between Fingertips and the Ball
- Intravascular Imaging Can Improve Outcomes for Complex Stenting Procedures in Patients With High-Risk Calcified Coronary Artery Disease
- Explainable AI for Ship Navigation Raises Trust, Decreases Human Error
- An Elegant Method for the Detection of Single Spins Using Photovoltage
- Artificial Skin from Hydrogels
- Machine Learning Unlocks Superior Performance in Light-Driven Organic Crystals
- Most Goals in Football (Soccer) Result from First Touch Shots
- Corn Leads to Improved Performance in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
- Making Desalination More Eco-Friendly: New Membranes Could Help Eliminate Brine Waste
- A Bowling Revolution: Modeling the Perfect Conditions for a Strike
- Simulate Sound in 3D at a Finer Scale Than Humans Can Perceive
Monday, April 14, 2025
- Researchers May Have Solved Decades-Old Mystery Behind Benzodiazepine Side Effects
- Physics Reveals the Optimal Roof Ratios for Energy Efficiency
- Photonic Computing Needs More Nonlinearity: Acoustics Can Help
- New Method for Detecting Nanoplastics in Body Fluids
- Modeling Method Provides Smarter Way to Predict Customer Demand
- New Tool for Cutting DNA: Promising Prospects for Biotechnology
- Cooler Faster Better: Engineers Uncover a New Way to Stop Electronics from Overheating
- Popular CT Scans Could Account for 5% of All Cancer Cases a Year, Study Suggests
- Deep-Sea Mining Risks Leads Study to Urge Shift to Circular Solutions
- New, Non-Toxic Synthesis Method for 'miracle Material' MXene
Friday, April 11, 2025
- Astroparticle Physics: Neutrinos Weigh Less Than 0.45 Electronvolts
- Reshaping Quantum Dots Production Through Continuous Flow and Sustainable Technologies
- Maximal Entanglement Sheds New Light on Particle Creation
- Researchers Watch a Live Catalytic Event in Real Time
- Marine Shipping Emissions on Track to Meet 2030 Goals, but Expected to Miss 2050 Target
- A Fluid Battery That Can Take Any Shape
- Light That Spirals Like a Nautilus Shell
- A New Era in Materials Science: Antiferromagnetic Quasicrystals Unveiled
- Illuminating the Twist: Light-Driven Inversion of Supramolecular Chirality
- Engineered Bacteria Emit Signals That Can Be Spotted from a Distance
- Scalable Graphene Membranes: A Leap for Carbon Capture
- Government Urged to Tackle Inequality in 'low-Carbon Tech' Like Solar Panels and Electric Cars
- Breaking a Century-Old Physics Barrier: Perfect Wave Trapping With Simple Cylinders
Thursday, April 10, 2025
- AI Tool Set to Speed Quest for Advanced Superconductors
- Global EV Adoption Fails to Cut CO2
- Rolling Particles Make Suspensions More Fluid
- Unsafe Driving During School Drop Offs at 'unacceptable' Levels
- Research Team Improves Method for Producing Designer Proteins
- A Milestone for Laser Plasma Acceleration
- New Research Examines How Nanoscopic Ripples Affect Material Properties
- Key Brain Networks Behind Post-Stroke Urinary Incontinence Identified
- Impact of Processing on Biochemical Composition of Plant-Based Products Revealed
- Cross-Sectional Area Variation as a Key Factor in Pressure Wave Attenuation in Bubbly Flows: A Theoretical Analysis
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Bio-Oils for Greener Industrial Applications
- 3D Streaming Gets Leaner by Seeing Only What Matters
- Potable Water Happy Byproduct of Low-Cost Green Hydrogen Technology
- A New Robotic Gripper Made of Measuring Tape Is Sizing Up Fruit and Veggie Picking
- A New Smartphone-Sized Device Can Test for Tuberculosis: Here's Why That Matters for Children
- Titanium Particles Are Common Around Dental Implants
- Decarbonization Improves Energy Security for Most Countries