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Researchers have found a way to make synthetic hydrogels act like muscles by putting them through a vigorous workout. After being mechanically trained in a water bath, the hydrogels became pliant, soft, and resistant to breakdown.
Researchers have found a way to make synthetic hydrogels act like muscles by putting them through a vigorous workout. After being mechanically trained in a water bath, the hydrogels became pliant, soft, and resistant to breakdown.
For years, researchers have been trying to find ways to grow an optimal nanowire, using crystals with perfectly aligned layers all along the wire. Now, researchers have found that a defect that occurs in the growth process causes the layers of crystals to rotate along an axis as they form. This defect creates twists that give these nanowires advantages, particularly in electronics and light emission.
For years, researchers have been trying to find ways to grow an optimal nanowire, using crystals with perfectly aligned layers all along the wire. Now, researchers have found that a defect that occurs in the growth process causes the layers of crystals to rotate along an axis as they form. This defect creates twists that give these nanowires advantages, particularly in electronics and light emission.
Scientists are working to create a first-of-its-kind automated system to catalog atomically thin two-dimensional materials and stack them into layered structures. Called the Quantum Material Press, this system will accelerate the discovery of next-generation materials for the emerging field of quantum information science.
Scientists are working to create a first-of-its-kind automated system to catalog atomically thin two-dimensional materials and stack them into layered structures. Called the Quantum Material Press, this system will accelerate the discovery of next-generation materials for the emerging field of quantum information science.
A team of researchers has observed chirality for the first time in polar skyrmions – quasiparticles akin to tiny magnetic swirls – in a material with reversible electrical properties. The combination of polar skyrmions and these electrical properties could one day lead to applications such as more powerful data storage devices that continue to hold information – even after a device has been powered off. The work was performed by using a scanning transmission electron microscope at the Molecular Foundry, a user facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
A team of researchers has observed chirality for the first time in polar skyrmions – quasiparticles akin to tiny magnetic swirls – in a material with reversible electrical properties. The combination of polar skyrmions and these electrical properties could one day lead to applications such as more powerful data storage devices that continue to hold information – even after a device has been powered off. The work was performed by using a scanning transmission electron microscope at the Molecular Foundry, a user facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Researchers have developed a cutting-edge drug delivery system that relies on two separate “logic gates,” each of which acts as a safety switch to prevent the release of a drug unless a particular condition is fulfilled. This approach helps to reduce side effects that are typical of many cancer treatments, which kill not only cancer cells but also cells throughout the body.
Researchers have developed a cutting-edge drug delivery system that relies on two separate “logic gates,” each of which acts as a safety switch to prevent the release of a drug unless a particular condition is fulfilled. This approach helps to reduce side effects that are typical of many cancer treatments, which kill not only cancer cells but also cells throughout the body.
