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Condensed Matter Jul 30, 2025

Researchers develop flexible fiber material for self-powered health-monitoring sensors

Could clothing monitor a person's health in real time, because the clothing itself would be a self-powered sensor? A new material created through electrospinning, which is a process that draws out fibers using electricity, ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 27, 2025

Wafer lens changes X-ray beam size by more than 3,400 times

Using only a single-crystal piezoelectric thin wafer of lithium niobate (LN) instead of the usual two-part structure, a group from Nagoya University in Japan has created a deformable mirror that changes X-ray beam size by ...

Nanomaterials Jun 17, 2025

Nanofibers yield stronger, tougher carbon fiber composites

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed an innovative new technique using carbon nanofibers to enhance binding in carbon fiber and other fiber-reinforced polymer ...

Nanophysics Jun 5, 2025

'Electron shower' technique unlocks advanced piezoelectric films for next-generation electronics

Our everyday lives are so riddled with electronics that we hardly notice them anymore. When we casually reach for our smartphone, we rarely think about how complex this device is. Hundreds of tiny components work together ...

Soft Matter May 21, 2025

Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics advance details new way to control solid objects in liquid

Researchers have detailed the physics behind a phenomenon that allows them to create spin in liquid droplets using ultrasound waves, which concentrates solid particles suspended in the liquid. The discovery will allow researchers ...

Nanomaterials May 19, 2025

High-performance piezoelectric fiber sensor offers real-time landslide detection

A research team led by Dr. Lim Sang-kyu in DGIST's Department of Energy and Environmental Technology has developed a smart fiber sensor that can detect natural disasters such as landslides in real time. The new fiber is based ...

Condensed Matter May 7, 2025

Improved modeling of the Pockels effect may help advance optoelectronic technology

The use of light signals to connect electronic components is a key element of today's data communication technologies, because of the speed and efficiency that only optical devices can guarantee. Photonic integrated circuits, ...

Bio & Medicine Apr 30, 2025

Ultrasound and microrobots team up to boost stem cell therapy for brain repair

A novel study has unveiled a technique that enhances stem cell therapy for neurodegenerative diseases by combining magnetic guidance with localized ultrasound stimulation. This approach successfully navigates magnetically ...

Nanophysics Apr 30, 2025

First wurtzite-structured MgSiNâ‚‚ thin film unlocks promising electronic properties

Wurtzite-structured crystals, characterized by their hexagonal symmetry, are widely valued for their unique electronic and piezoelectric properties—their ability to generate an electric charge when subjected to mechanical ...

Space Exploration Apr 30, 2025

How do robots feel in space?

How do robots feel in space? This is both a practical and possibly an existential question. Still, today, we'll focus on the practical side by looking at a review paper from Hadi Jahanshahi and Zheng Zhu of York University ...

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