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Discover the nanoscale science behind nature's vivid structural colors. This article unravels how nanostructures like photonic crystals manipulate light without pigments to generate colors in organisms. Learn how researchers apply these bioinspired designs to develop advanced optical technologies.
Researchers develop fully recyclable, self-healing soft robots made of a novel dynamic polymer, enabling rapid wireless reprogramming and reshaping into new functions. The material overcomes previous challenges in recyclability for sustainable soft robotics.
Researchers develop flexible health sensor with game-changing sensitivity. Integrating photoconductor and organic transistors enables exponential signal boost, allowing accurate continuous monitoring of heart rate, blood oxygen, blood pressure during normal daily activities.
Researchers develop revolutionary buckling metamaterials that leverage elastic instabilities to achieve extreme vibration damping, enabling lightweight yet stiff structures. The materials set hard limits on vibration transmission regardless of input acceleration.
Researchers have developed 'drycells', microdroplets that encapsulate single cells in a powdery shell. This breakthrough enables easy cell picking and has potential to advance tissue engineering and precision medicine.
Researchers make a breakthrough in the field of catalysis, harnessing the potential of MOFs to create structurally ordered metal promoters. This groundbreaking study paves the way for more efficient and selective catalysts, revolutionizing various industries from energy to manufacturing.
Researchers explore nanomotors as a biomolecular toolbox to propel precision nanomedicine forward, introducing various propulsion mechanisms to advance diagnostics, drug delivery, and cancer treatments.
Researchers report a breakthrough in light manipulation with hyperbolic polaritonic crystals by using anisotropic 2D materials to control light at subwavelength scales, paving the way for advancements in imaging, optical communication, and more.