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Researchers revolutionize vital conservation tool with use of gold nanotechnology and lasers
For more than 60 years, researchers have tried to successfully cryopreserve (or freeze) the embryo of zebrafish, a species that is an...
Jul 18, 20173 min read
Fluorine grants white graphene new powers
A little fluorine turns an insulating ceramic known as white graphene into a wide-bandgap semiconductor with magnetic properties. Rice...
Jul 18, 20173 min read
World first: new polymer goes for a walk when illuminated
Scientists at Eindhoven University of Technology and Kent State University have developed a new material that can undulate and therefore...
Jun 29, 20172 min read
Alloying materials of different structures offers new tool for controlling properties
New research into the largely unstudied area of heterostructural alloys could lead to greater materials control and in turn better...
Jun 27, 20173 min read
To connect biology with electronics, be rigid, yet flexible
The problem is a fundamental incompatibility in communication styles. That conclusion might crop up during divorce proceedings, or...
Jun 27, 20174 min read
Smart materials used in ultrasound behave similar to water
In previous papers, University of Pennsylvania physicists investigated the “coffee ring effect,” the ring-shaped stain of particles left...
Jun 19, 20174 min read
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