New metamaterial offers reprogrammable properties
Over the past 20 years, scientists have been developing metamaterials, or materials that don’t occur naturally and whose mechanical properties
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Concept for a hybrid-electric plane may reduce aviation’s air pollution problem
Proposed design could reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by 95 percent, a new study finds
Read moreExperts reduce search times for novel high-entropy alloys 13,000-fold using Cuckoo Search
Process developed by scientists at Iowa State University and Lehigh University using a hybrid Cuckoo Search – inspired by bird evolutionary strategy – accelerates computational modeling of complex alloys – a stunning example data improving manufacturing
Read moreRobotic swarm swims like a school of fish
Fish-inspired robots coordinate movements without any outside control
Read moreNanodroplets and ultrasound ‘drills’ prove effective at tackling tough blood clots
Engineering researchers have developed a new technique for eliminating particularly tough blood clots, using engineered nanodroplets and an ultrasound “drill”
Read moreOn the road to invisible solar panels: How tomorrow’s windows will generate electricity
A new study led by scientists from Incheon National University in Korea shows how to make a fully transparent solar cell
Read moreStory tips: Nanoscale commuting, easy driver and defect detection
Microscopy — Nanoscale commuting Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, or CNMS, contributed to a groundbreaking experiment
Read moreConvex to concave: More metasurface moiré results in wide-range lens
The odd, wavy pattern that results from viewing certain phone or computer screens through polarized glasses has led researchers to
Read moreComb of a lifetime: a new method for fluorescence microscopy
Scientists develop a fluorescence “lifetime” microscopy technique that uses frequency combs and no mechanical parts to observe dynamic biological phenomena
Read moreJapanese art technique inspires new engineering technique
‘Kirigami cuts’ can be used to create 3D microstructures and nanotools
Read moreNew engine capability accelerates advanced vehicle research
EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2020, 3 PM US EASTERN. In the quest for advanced vehicles with higher energy efficiency
Read moreSound waves spin droplets to concentrate, separate nanoparticles
New centrifuge-like device concentrates and separates biomedically important nanoparticles in tiny samples in less than a minute
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