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Friction turns carbon debris into diamond and graphene
Friction between amorphous carbon surfaces transforms wear debris into diamond and graphene while maintaining exceptionally low resistance.
Today, 15:17 UTC
Immune cells get transformed into fungus-fighting nanoparticles
Nanoparticles made from the membranes of human immune cells could offer a promising way to fight fungal infections that are becoming harder to treat.
Today, 14:52 UTC
Ultra-fine bubbles in ink promise new horizons for inkjet printing
Ultra-fine bubbles tune how inkjet droplets dry, reshaping particle films without additives and improving microdevice printing while avoiding contamination.
Today, 14:43 UTC
Machine learning frees freshwater toxin sensors from repeated calibration
Machine learning boosts nanostructured biosensors to detect toxic algal compounds accurately across diverse freshwater conditions without repeated calibration, enabling reliable field testing.
Today, 14:34 UTC
Simple resin coating extends blue quantum-dot LED lifetimes 5,000-fold
A simple resin coating dramatically extends the lifetime of blue quantum-dot LEDs, addressing a key barrier to brighter, more efficient digital displays.
July 10, 2026
A nitrogen nanofoam that conducts heat like a metal
A nitrogen-based nanofoam could enable more efficient, water-free geothermal heat extraction while reducing pumping needs and easing some operational constraints.
July 10, 2026
New ligand engineering strategy creates more active nanocluster catalysts
Bridging ligands let gold–platinum nanoclusters shed surface coatings at lower temperatures, boosting low-temperature carbon monoxide oxidation.
July 10, 2026
Controlled micro-explosions from oil-coated liquid metal rapidly clear blood clots
Silicone oil controls liquid metal reactions that produce micro-explosions, rapidly clearing clots in preclinical artery models with heat, bubbles, and chemistry.
July 9, 2026
Nano-insights into bone stability
Fractures of the femoral neck are not simply due to insufficient bone density. Also significant is their nanostructure - the orientation of the collagen fibres that make up bones.
July 9, 2026
Transparent nanosheets could shrink cameras without sacrificing resolution
Gallium-doped zinc oxide nanosheets let one pixel detect red, green and blue light, pointing to thinner, sharper sensors for phones, endoscopes and space.
July 9, 2026
A black hole theory comes to life in the lab
A new study shows that time-variations in tailored materials can reproduce the physics of ultrafast rotating bodies, enabling selective amplification of electromagnetic waves.
July 9, 2026
A stitched MOF membrane tackles PFAS in water without sacrificing flow
Edge-stitched MOF membranes improve water purification by reinforcing weak seams while preserving PFAS rejection, water flow, and fouling resistance.
July 8, 2026
AI and Ising machines unlock smarter RNA design
New study explores a factorization machine with quadratic-optimization annealing-based optimization framework for RNA design.
July 8, 2026
New CRISPR method makes it possible to control protein production in cells
A new CRISPR method can precisely boost rRNA production, allowing researchers to control protein production in cells and study disease mechanisms.
July 8, 2026
Squeezing a quantum material unlocks stronger superconductivity
Scientists used muons to show how pressure makes tantalum disulfide superconduct in 3D at three times higher temperatures.
July 8, 2026
A robot that reads bacteria by touch
Researchers have developed a robotic platform that identifies Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria through touch-based electrical signals, without staining or chemical labels. The study achieved rapid classification within 0.62 seconds and 90.93% accuracy.
July 8, 2026
Large language model guides discovery of catalysts for clean energy tech
An AI assistant for high-entropy alloy (HEA) electrocatalysis named ChatHEA provided a helping hand not just to extract data from the literature, but provide suggestions for promising catalysts, design experiments, and analyze data.
July 8, 2026
New chip redirects light beams in less than a trillionth of a second
A new light-based device redirects beams in 74 femtoseconds, using ultrathin engineered surfaces to enable faster photonic communications and computing.
July 8, 2026
Unlocking the secrets of individual cells one molecule at a time
An improved cell analysis technique boosts sensitivity and stability, mapping lipid patterns in mouse brain tissue at 5 micrometer resolution.
July 8, 2026
Cleaning up clean energy
Researchers develop a green recycling process that recovers valuable metals from fuel cells and other hydrogen technologies.
July 8, 2026
New ultrathin lens focuses light into an optical needle
Optical needle allows optical coherence tomography to maintain high resolution over a much greater imaging depth.
July 8, 2026