/ en-us Â鶹ÒùÔº internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Â鶹ÒùÔºics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Researchers have designed and demonstrated stretchable waveguides that maintain efficient, stable signal transmission of surface plasmon polaritons even when bent, twisted or stretched. These plasmonic waveguides could make it possible to seamlessly embed advanced sensing, communication and health monitoring functions into everyday wearable materials. /news/2025-10-stretchable-waveguides-stable-transmission-bent.html Condensed Matter Optics & Photonics Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:28:03 EDT news678979681 Professor Bonghoon Kim of the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology has successfully developed a next-generation surface modification technology with antibacterial and antiviral contamination properties. /news/2025-09-ultra-strong-coating-resists-bacteria.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Tue, 23 Sep 2025 16:20:01 EDT news677861753 Scientists from Taiwan have developed a new material that can stretch up to 4,600% of its original length before breaking. Even if it does break, gently pressing the pieces together at room temperature allows it to heal, fully restoring its shape and stretchability within 10 minutes. /news/2025-09-organogel-size.html Polymers Materials Science Wed, 17 Sep 2025 06:50:01 EDT news677245863 A research team has developed a next-generation display core material with excellent stretchability and superior color reproduction. The team developed a high-performance color-conversion layer that is more flexible and vivid than conventional ones. This layer was successfully applied to the development of a stretchable micro-LED display, drawing significant attention. /news/2025-09-quantum-dot-polymer-linking-enables.html Nanomaterials Mon, 08 Sep 2025 15:14:03 EDT news676563241 Burning, blisters, pain: More than 40 million people worldwide are infected with the herpes virus every year. The virus can pose a serious threat to newborns and people with weakened immune systems. Researchers in Hamburg and Göttingen have now generated a mini-antibody that neutralizes a protein essential for the infection. The findings, published in Nature, hold the promise of new therapies to treat and prevent severe herpes infections in the near future. /news/2025-09-alpaca-generated-nanobody-neutralizes-protein.html Bio & Medicine Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:43:45 EDT news676219419 Neural networks are computing systems designed to mimic both the structure and function of the human brain. Caltech researchers have been developing a neural network made out of strands of DNA instead of electronic parts that carries out computation through chemical reactions rather than digital signals. /news/2025-09-dna-based-neural-network-examples.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Wed, 03 Sep 2025 16:58:04 EDT news676137481 Kai Sun of the University of Michigan is a humble physics professor with ambitious goals. "I'm mainly a paper-and-pencil type of theorist, doing analytical calculations mostly," Sun said. "My interests are pretty broad, but basically searching for new fundamental principles and new phenomena, especially new phenomena and new physics previously believed to be impossible." /news/2025-08-quantum-state-boost-future-technologies.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:13:07 EDT news675612784 A set of bones belonging to sauropods, as long-necked dinosaurs are called, found in the municipality of Ibirá in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, reveals that the region was conducive to a bone disease that was fatal to these animals. /news/2025-08-deadly-bone-disease-doomed-southeast.html Paleontology & Fossils Wed, 27 Aug 2025 17:11:03 EDT news675533461 Biologging—an innovative, non-invasive method of tracking animals in the wild—is transforming how scientists study movement, behavior and social interactions. Using compact electronic devices that can remain attached for hours or even months, researchers can now gather detailed data with minimal disruption to the animals' natural lives. /news/2025-07-spying-stingrays-tags-reveal-elusive.html Plants & Animals Ecology Wed, 23 Jul 2025 09:35:39 EDT news672482133 A research team has developed a "next-generation AI electronic nose" capable of distinguishing scents like the human olfactory system does and analyzing them using artificial intelligence. This technology converts scent molecules into electrical signals and trains AI models on their unique patterns. It holds great promise for applications in personalized health care, the cosmetics industry, and environmental monitoring. /news/2025-05-ai-powered-electronic-nose-diverse.html Bio & Medicine Fri, 02 May 2025 11:43:04 EDT news665404982 Saying one thing while feeling another is part of being human, but bottling up emotions can have serious psychological consequences, such as anxiety or panic attacks. To help health care providers tell the difference, a team led by scientists at Penn State has created a stretchable, rechargeable sticker that can detect real emotions—by measuring things like skin temperature and heart rate—even when users put on a brave face. /news/2025-04-high-tech-sticker-real-human.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:19:05 EDT news664467541 Nature is full of masters of disguise. From the chameleon to arctic hare, natural camouflage is a common yet powerful way to survive in the wild. But one animal might surprise you with its camouflage capabilities: the squid. /news/2025-03-squid-nature-camouflagers-explanation.html Biochemistry Thu, 06 Mar 2025 13:27:04 EST news660490021 A solution to injuries from slips and falls may be found underfoot—literally. The footpads of geckos have hydrophilic (water-loving) mechanisms that allow the little animals to easily move over moist, slick surfaces. /news/2025-01-animal-footpads-polymer-ice.html Polymers Analytical Chemistry Thu, 30 Jan 2025 09:17:06 EST news657451021 A research team led by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has achieved a groundbreaking quantum simulation of the non-Hermitian skin effect in two dimensions using ultracold fermions, marking a significant advance in quantum physics research. /news/2025-01-physicists-simulation-hermitian-skin-effect.html Condensed Matter Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:49:38 EST news655570171 As the demand for thinner, lighter, and more flexible electronic devices grows, the need for advanced manufacturing processes has become critical. Polyimide (PI) films are widely used in these applications due to their excellent thermal stability and mechanical flexibility. They are crucial for emerging technologies like rollable displays, wearable sensors, and implantable photonic devices. /news/2025-01-graphene-technique-ultrathin-flexible-electronics.html Nanomaterials Wed, 08 Jan 2025 12:19:03 EST news655561141 A team of researchers led by professors Wybren Jan Buma at the University of Amsterdam and Vasilios Stavros at the University of Warwick (U.K.) have laid the groundwork for using urocanic acid and its derivatives as a novel class of sunscreen filters. Urocanic acid is a naturally occurring UV-A and UV-B absorbing compound found in the skin. /news/2024-11-generation-nature-sunscreens-molecular-scaffold.html Biochemistry Analytical Chemistry Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:46:05 EST news651501957 Queen Mary University of London researchers have developed new nanocomposite films using starch instead of petroleum-based materials, marking a significant advancement in the field of sustainable electronics. /news/2024-10-scientists-starch-nanocomposite-pave-green.html Nanomaterials Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:32:03 EDT news649589521 Prof. Leslie Leiserowitz first became intrigued by malaria when he was a young boy in South Africa. His father, who scouted the continent in search of wood for the family business, brought back not only tales of elephants and gorillas but also skin rashes and ringing in his ears, side effects of the quinine he took to prevent malaria. /news/2024-10-definitive-atomic-heme-crystals-malaria.html Biochemistry Analytical Chemistry Mon, 28 Oct 2024 09:37:06 EDT news649327022 The development of new compounds and science aided by artificial intelligence are some of the research fields commentators say could be contenders for the Nobel Chemistry Prize announced Wednesday. /news/2024-10-ai-aided-materials-eyed-nobel.html Other Wed, 09 Oct 2024 04:25:51 EDT news647666746 Researchers have developed a new way to see organs within a body by rendering overlying tissues transparent to visible light. The counterintuitive process—a topical application of food-safe dye—was reversible in tests with animal subjects, and may ultimately apply to a wide range of medical diagnostics, from locating injuries to monitoring digestive disorders to identifying cancers. /news/2024-09-window-body-technique-skin-invisible.html Optics & Photonics Thu, 05 Sep 2024 14:00:01 EDT news644751351 A perfect combination of fiber optics and micro/nanotechnology, optical micro/nanofiber (MNF) is a new type of micro/nano-waveguide structure developed in recent years. /news/2024-08-advances-optical-micronanofiber-enabled-tactile.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:39:03 EDT news644240341 Skin-like displays are critical components of information output in next-generation portable and wearable electronics. Currently, all such displays are fabricated on glass or thick plastic substrates, limiting the inherent mechanical flexibility of organic materials and preventing intimate skin contact. /news/2024-08-vertically-stacked-skin-matrix-display.html Optics & Photonics Tue, 06 Aug 2024 10:11:02 EDT news642157858 The use of wearable electronics that continuously monitor biosignals has transformed the health care and fitness industries. These devices are becoming increasingly common and are projected to reach a market valuation of approximately USD 572.06 billion by 2033. /news/2024-07-flexible-durable-bioelectrodes-future-health.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Wed, 03 Jul 2024 09:46:03 EDT news639218762 For years, Prof. Bozhi Tian's lab has been learning how to integrate the world of electronics—rigid, metallic, bulky—with the world of the body—soft, flexible, delicate. In their latest work, they have created a prototype for what they call "living bioelectronics": a combination of living cells, gel, and electronics that can integrate with living tissue. /news/2024-05-scientists-bioelectronics-skin.html Biochemistry Materials Science Fri, 31 May 2024 11:20:14 EDT news636373210 Researchers have discovered how the protein XPD detects severe DNA damage and controls its repair. /news/2024-05-dna-mechanism-elucidated-cryo-electron.html Molecular & Computational biology Tue, 28 May 2024 10:49:03 EDT news636112141 In the rapidly evolving field of photonics, an advancement has emerged from Korea, redefining the possibilities of structural color manipulation. Scientists have developed a pioneering technology capable of omnidirectional wavelength tuning, which promises to revolutionize a myriad of tunable photonic applications. /news/2024-05-omnidirectional-wavelength-tuning-method-possibilities.html Optics & Photonics Wed, 22 May 2024 11:46:03 EDT news635597161 Skin functions as a sophisticated sensorial system in the human body, capable not only of detecting environmental stimuli—such as temperature, pressure, strain, and vibration—but also of actively responding to these changes. Among these, the temperature regulation capability of the skin plays a critical role in maintaining the stability of homeothermic animals. /news/2024-05-temperature-dynamically-strategy-wound-tissue.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Mon, 06 May 2024 14:28:42 EDT news634224520 Cancer-causing flame retardants found in everyday things like plastics, furniture, fabrics and electronics can be sucked up by the skin and absorbed into the bloodstream in 24 hours, scientists have found. /news/2024-04-toxic-fireproof-chemicals-absorbed-3d.html Environment Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:09:04 EDT news632671741 Scientists from NTU Singapore have developed ultra-thin semiconductor fibers that can be woven into fabrics, turning them into smart wearable electronics. Their work has been published in the journal Nature. /news/2024-03-scientists-ultra-thin-semiconductor-fibers.html Materials Science Sat, 23 Mar 2024 09:20:01 EDT news630058577 Inspired by amphibians such as the wood frog, investigators designed and synthesized a new type of camouflage skin involving one-dimensional photonic crystal structures assembled in three-dimensional flexible gels. /news/2024-03-amphibian-camouflage-skin.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Mon, 04 Mar 2024 17:34:03 EST news628796042