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Towards straintronics: Guiding excitons in 2D materials

Detector advance could lead to cheaper, easier medical scans

Solving complex learning tasks in brain-inspired computers

Engineers develop better method for cleaning up orbiting space junk

The delicate dance of developmental genes

Innovative chip resolves quantum headache

Drones show promise in speeding up communication with underwater robots for ocean surveys

Researchers set ‘ultrabroadband’ record with entangled photons

Blasting the 'zombie' out of water-saving tech

Computational discovery of complex alloys could speed the way to green aviation

Non-thermal atmospheric plasma stimulates new bone formation in critical bone defects of animal model

A novel way to generate visible light

Unlocking the technology to produce unbreakable screens

Technology’s impact on worker well-being

Juno peers deep into Jupiter’s colorful belts and zones

Stacking the deck: Layers of crystalline nanosheets enable tunable electronic properties

New study solves energy storage and supply puzzle

Increased cognitive demands offset low-back exoskeleton advantages, research finds

Creating a new 'toehold' for RNA therapeutics, cell therapies, and diagnostics

Trapping molecules to find new physics

Computer scientists developed method for identifying disease biomarkers with high accuracy

On-water creation of conducting MOF nanosheets

Plant from plastics: Bio-based polymers can be transformed into fertilizer

Industry must prepare now for a new world of green electricity

Researchers evaluate whether lactate sensors can contribute to sports physiology

A mathematical model to help optimize vaccine development

All about Eve, sophisticated AI

Scientists create device that uses ‘light tweezers’ to trap and move viruses

Smart sensor equipped chair may help office workers reduce their back pain woes

The upside-down orbits of a multi-planetary system

A novel solution to a combinatorial optimization problem in bicycle sharing systems

Tuneable catalysis: Solving the particle size puzzle

A lab in the sky: Physics experiment in Earth’s atmosphere could help improve GPS performance

Cat’s meow: Robotic pet boosts mood, behavior and cognition in adults with dementia

Astronomers discover massive galaxy 'shipyard' in the distant universe

Flexible device could treat hearing loss without batteries

New computer modeling could boost drug discovery

Making Martian rocket biofuel on Mars

Carbon nanotubes could help electronics withstand outer space’s harsh conditions

Making the strange metal state in high temperature superconductors even stranger

A new 3D printing frontier: Self-powered wearable devices

Dynamical scaling of entanglement entropy and surface roughness in random quantum systems

Using overpasses as shelter from tornado?

A new model could help stall shifting sand dunes, protecting infrastructure and ecosystems

Enhanced touch screens could help you 'feel' objects

Modeling improvements promise increased accuracy for epidemic forecasting

Teaching robots to think like us

Affordable policy which could stop fossil fuels causing global warming

Metal-halide perovskite semiconductors can compete with silicon counterparts for solar cells, LEDs

Astronomers may have discovered a planet outside of our galaxy

New strategy for detecting non-conformist particles called anyons

Unprecedented look at the health status of a diverse patient population

Urban areas across the US are undercounting greenhouse gas emissions

Innovative design of titanium alloy with exciting properties through 3D printing

Astronomers may have discovered a planet outside of our galaxy

‘Nanozyme’ therapy prevents harmful dental plaque build-up

New synthesis process paves way for more efficient lasers, LEDs

Topological valley Hall edge solitons in photonics

Superconductivity: New tricks for finding better materials

A big leap forward in using iron catalysts for pharmaceuticals

Resistance is not futile: Predicting how changes in production, materials impact EV battery life

Chip-based optical tweezers levitate nanoparticles in a vacuum

Experiments confirm a quantum material’s unique response to circularly polarized laser light

No ‘silver bullet’ for UK reaching net zero carbon emissions for electricity

On the hunt for hypernuclei: The WASA detector at GSI/FAIR

Physicists describe photons’ characteristics to protect future quantum computing

Quantum battles in attoscience: Following three debates

Black hole thermodynamics: A history from Penrose to Hawking

Novel peroxide-based material emits fluorescence in response to stress

Breaking trade-off problem that limits thermoelectric conversion efficiency of waste heat

Researchers discover monolayer Mott insulator resistant to stimuli such as heat and light

Novel advanced light design and fabrication process could revolutionize sensing technologies

Thirsty cities need a human/nature infrastructure combo

Neutron star collisions are 'goldmine' of heavy elements, study finds

Skin-inspired sensors show how our body moves

Back pain common among astronauts offers treatment insights for the earth-bound

Machine learning can be fair and accurate

Anionic Nickel

Scientists design nanoparticles that communicate with cancer cells

Reducing plastic pollution by adding RNA-inspired ‘breaking points’

Infant planet discovered

Need for larger space telescope inspires lightweight flexible holographic lens

Historical analysis finds no precedent for the rate of coal and gas power decline needed to limit climate change to 1.5°C

Electrical control over designer quantum materials

Chemists develop a fundamentally new mode of adsorption

Lab-grown ‘mini brains’ hint at potential treatment options for motor neurone disease and frontotemporal dementia

Controlling light with a material three atoms thick

Zapping untreated water gets rid of more waterborne viruses

Stretchy, bendy, flexible LEDs

Under arrest: Using nanofibers to stop brain tumor cells from spreading

AI helping to quantify enzyme activity

Space between polymer chains affects energy conversion

New way to find cancer at the nanometer scale

COVID-19 vaccination strategies: When is one dose better than two?

Simulation illustrates how COVID-19 social distancing creates pedestrian 'traffic jams'

Targeted interventions to contain pandemics, minimize societal disruption

New solution for low cost, light-weight and compact wireless transfer devices

Better silicon solar panels

New material could pave the way for better, safer batteries

Shape-shifting materials with infinite possibilities

How pearls achieve nanoscale precision

Two beams are better than one

Astronomers provide 'field guide' to exoplanets known as hot Jupiters

New photonic chip for isolating light may be key to miniaturizing quantum devices

Tap water produces a protective shield against microplastics

Building a better dipstick: Researchers develop improved, user-friendly disposable lab tests

Controllable nanoscale gas-liquid interface fabricated

Targeting cancer at the nanoscale

Scientists show how AI may spot unseen signs of heart failure

Anticorrosion coating sets new benchmark

Experiments reveal formation of a new state of matter-electron quadruplets

Running shoe material inspired 3D-printed design to protect buildings from impact damage

Cutting through the noise: AI enables high-fidelity quantum computing

New galaxy images reveal a fitful start to the Universe

Quantum material to boost terahertz frequencies

Researchers make hardened wooden knives that slice through steak

Study of DNA repair boosts prospects for gene editing technology

Astronomers detect signs of an atmosphere stripped from a planet in a giant impact

Unmasking the magic of superconductivity in twisted graphene

Lightweight electric wristband heaters for constant, portable warmth

Plugging into ocean waves with a flexible, seaweed-like generator

'Ray guns' let scientists use light instead of DNA to tell plant populations apart

Amount of information in visible universe quantified

Scientists develop new sensor to capture calcium activity in cells

New study calls for mitigation, monitoring of common grease-proofing food packaging chemicals

Motorized droplets thanks to feedback effects

New technique paves the way for perfect perovskites

New model points to solution to global blood shortage

New fibers can make breath-regulating garments

Twelfth century literature and space-age data help map 3,000 years of auroras

Putting honeybee hives on solar parks could boost the value of UK agriculture

Disease outbreak simulations reveal influence of 'seeding' by multiple infected people

Solar energy can be cheap and reliable across China by 2060

Breakthrough proof clears path for quantum AI

NASA, ULA launch Lucy Mission to ‘fossils’ of planet formation

Titan’s river maps may advise Dragonfly’s 'sedimental' journey

Four-legged swarm robots

Uncovering the secrets of ultra-low frequency gravitational waves

How the brain navigates cities

Optimum pressure to improve the performance of lithium metal batteries

Scientists discover method to boost energy generation from microalgae

How bacteria create a piggy bank for the lean times: Basic science discovery could lead to improved biomaterial production

How to program DNA robots to poke and prod cell membranes

Intelligent optical chip to improve telecommunications

How long can fiber reinforced polymer sustain concrete structures? Scientists answer

New theories and materials aid the transition to clean energy

Scientists find evidence the early solar system harbored a gap between its inner and outer regions

Ultrafast magnetism: heating magnets, freezing time

Plant-based jet fuel could reduce emissions by 68%

Expansion of wind and solar power too slow to stop climate change

Scientists develop fully solar-driven autonomous chemical mini-plant

Climate change threatens hydropower energy security in the Amazon basin

Artificial intelligence-based technology quickly identifies genetic causes of serious disease

It’s all in the delivery – Antibodies improve nanoparticle delivery of therapeutic nucleic acids

New metalens focuses light with ultra-deep holes

Bridging optics and electronics

Molecular mixing creates super stable glass

How the brain ignores distracting information to coordinate movements

Sense of smell is our most rapid warning system

Many US adults worry about facial image data in healthcare settings

Did Venus ever have oceans?

Strange radio waves emerge from the direction of the galactic center

What makes us human? The answer may be found in overlooked DNA

Surface chemistry reveals corrosive secrets

The planet does not fall far from the star

Evidence of superionic ice provides new insights into unusual magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune

How the Sun’s magnetic forces arrange gas particles

Metamaterial eENZ can control correlations of light

To watch a comet form, a spacecraft could tag along for a journey toward the sun

Smoke from nuclear war would devastate ozone layer, alter climate

Precise measurement of neutron lifetime

Quarks and antiquarks at high momentum shake the foundations of visible matter

Longstanding magnetic materials classification problem solved

How to force photons to never bounce back

Scientists develop new strategy that rapidly quantifies transmissibility of COVID-19 variants

Immense set of mysterious fast radio bursts

Fluorescent spray lights up tumors for easy detection during surgery

Crafting a 'sponge' for adsorbing and desorbing gas molecules

Did Venus ever have oceans?

A new single-atom catalyst can produce hydrogen from urea at an exceptional rate

A 5-sigma standard model anomaly is possible

To find sterile neutrinos, think small

Some of the biggest asteroids in our Solar System

Professor uncovers surprising results from nuclear reactions inside stars

Lack of power grids sealed fate for early electric cars

Attention-based deep neural network increases detection capability in sonar systems

Winds of change: Improvements for wind energy production

Challenging the Big Bang puzzle of heavy elements

Did a black hole eating a star generate a neutrino? Unlikely, new study shows

Storing data as mixtures of fluorescent dyes

Direct photons offer glimpse of gluons' dynamic motion

Living near oil and gas wells increases air pollution exposure

Chemists discover faster-acting forms of insecticide imidacloprid

A computationally quick approach to predict molten droplet solidification on a solid surface

Tracking an elusive molecule key to climate and combustion chemistry

Researchers breathe new life into paper books with the Magic Bookmark

How recovery from COVID-19's impact on energy demand could help meet climate targets

Toward more energy efficient power converters

Nanosilver no ‘silver bullet’ in long-term treatment of infections

When breezy, wear masks outdoors to prevent coronavirus exposure

Stellar 'fossils' in meteorites point to distant stars

Aadvance in rapid cancer detection and monitoring

Enhancing piezoelectric properties under pressure

Contributing to solve the heat concentration problem in power semiconductors

New nanostructure could be the key to quantum electronics

Ultrafast and coupled: Atomic vibrations in the quantum material boron nitride

Brain damage from long stays in space

Powered exoskeleton helps amputees walk with less effort

Anticipated spill from deteriorating Red Sea oil tanker threatens public health

Personalized medicine: Platform enables comparative research on cancerous tumors

Deaths linked to ‘hormone disruptor’ chemical costs billions in lost US productivity

Strange radio waves emerge from the direction of the galactic center

New study sheds light on molecular motion

Ancient city could have been destroyed by cosmic airburst, evidence suggests

A rare feat: Material protects against both biological and chemical threats

Using indoor air sampling surveillance to sniff out COVID-19

Radio signals from distant stars suggest hidden planets

Teaching ancient brains new tricks

An efficient and low-cost approach to detecting food fraud

Resurrecting quasicrystals: Findings make an exotic material commercially viable

Physics meets democracy in this modeling study

A visit from a social robot improves hospitalized children’s outlook

Refuting a 70-year approach to predicting material microstructure

Photon-phonon breakthrough

Sensitive new way of detecting transistor defects

Taking steps toward more effective fitness trackers, more physical activity

Engineers 3D-print personalized, wireless wearables that never need a charge

A better black hole laser may prove a circuitous 'Theory of Everything'

Ruling electrons and vibrations in a crystal with polarized light

Low-cost, continuous seismic monitoring system to support emission reduction efforts

Environmentally friendly ways to cool homes

A novel neural network to understand symmetry, speed materials research

Rocks on floor of Jezero Crater, Mars, show signs of sustained interactions with water

Roman noblewoman’s tomb reveals secrets of ancient concrete resilience

How mussels make a powerful underwater glue

ALMA animation of circling twin young stars

New images lead to better prediction of shear thickening

Screen time linked to risk of myopia in young people

Elastic polymer that is both stiff and tough, resolves long-standing quandary

Chang'e-5 samples reveal key age of moon rocks

Brain cell differences could be key to learning in humans and AI

Chang'e-5 samples reveal key age of moon rocks

Rover images confirm Jezero crater is an ancient Martian lake

Dragonflies likely migrate across the Indian Ocean

Scientists discover 14 genes that cause obesity

Dwarf planet Vesta a window to the early solar system

Neuroscientists roll out first comprehensive atlas of brain cells

Quantum networking milestone in real-world environment

Recycled concrete and CO2 from the air are made into a new building material

Simple, low cost tests could help China’s battle to identify COPD sufferers

Zeolites’ isotopes defy nature

Physical athletes’ visual skills prove sharper than action video game players

New catalyst helps combine fuel cell, battery into one device

Dwarf planet Vesta a window to the early solar system

Novel quantum effect discovered in naturally occurring graphene

Getting up to speed on the proton

LEONARDO, the bipedal robot, can ride a skateboard and walk a slackline

Highly porous rocks responsible for Bennu's surprisingly craggy surface

Tiny bubbles can be future treatment for inflammation