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Next-gen textile fibers sense light, pressure, smell and even taste

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Professor Bonghoon Kim from the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST) has successfully developed a groundbreaking multifunctional sensor that mimics the five hu...

Jan 20, 2025

Researchers observe unique quantum state in twisted bilayer graphene

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Researchers from Korea's Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Pohang University of Science and Technology, Institute for Basic Science, KAIST, Japan's National Institute for Materials Science and Max Planck Instit...

Jan 20, 2025

AI advances label-free photoacoustic microscopy for confocal cell imaging

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A research team at POSTECH has developed a technology that surpasses the constraints of traditional imaging methods, providing stable and highly accurate cell visualization. Their findings were published in Nature Communications ("Unsupervise...

Jan 19, 2025

Bacteria in polymers create cable-like structures that grow into living gels

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Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such as mucus, form long cables that buckle and twist on each other, building a kind of "living Jell-O."

Jan 18, 2025

Nitrogen-doped porous carbon-supported catalysts boost conversion efficiency of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide

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The ability to convert carbon dioxide into useful chemicals and fuels could help address rising atmospheric CO2 levels while simultaneously producing valuable industrial feedstocks. The electrochemical reduction of CO2 to carbon monoxide is partic...

Jan 17, 2025

New 'twist' for future electronics

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Imagine a future where your phone, computer or even a tiny wearable device can think and learn like the human brain – processing information faster, smarter and using less energy.

Jan 17, 2025

Metastable marvel: X-rays illuminate an exotic material transformation

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A flash of light traps this material in an excited state indefinitely, and new experiments reveal how it happens.

Jan 17, 2025

Bilayer nanographene system uses "defect" to allow ions to pass through

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Würzburg University researchers have created a defect in graphene that allows ions to pass through, which could lead to new applications in water filtration or sensor technology.

Jan 17, 2025

Developing an autonomous AI assistant to build nanostructures

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The chemical composition of a material alone sometimes reveals little about its properties. The decisive factor is often the arrangement of the molecules in the atomic lattice structure or on the surface of the material. Materials science utilizes...

Jan 16, 2025

Nanoparticles restore neurons in Parkinson's with wireless brain stimulation

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Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, primarily characterized by motor dysfunction. Its pathological hallmark is the abnormal aggregation of α-synuclein (α-syn) into insoluble fibrils and Lewy bodies, ...

Jan 16, 2025

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