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Highly sensitive and fast response strain sensor based on evanescently coupled micro/nanofibers
A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances discusses a highly sensitive and fast response optical strain sensor. Strain sensors play...
Oct 19, 20223 min read


DNA gives colloidal crystals shape-shifting and memory abilities
Northwestern University researchers have uncovered a previously unknown property of colloidal crystals, highly ordered three-dimensional...
Oct 18, 20223 min read


Atomic-scale imaging reveals a facile route to crystal formation
What do clouds, televisions, pharmaceuticals, and even the dirt under our feet have in common? They all have or use crystals in some way....
Sep 26, 20222 min read


Artificial diamonds can heal
The skin is one of the largest and most accessible organs in the human body, but penetrating its deep layers for medicinal and cosmetic...
Sep 12, 20223 min read


Light accelerates conductivity in nature’s ‘electric grid’
The natural world possesses its own intrinsic electrical grid composed of a global web of tiny bacteria-generated nanowires in the soil...
Sep 7, 20222 min read


Microscopy technique reveals hidden nanostructures in cells and tissues
Inside a living cell, proteins and other molecules are often tightly packed together. These dense clusters can be difficult to image...
Sep 5, 20224 min read
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