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Soft Matter 7 hours ago

Novel method upgrades liquid crystals with better recall

Researchers have developed a novel way for liquid crystals to retain information about their movement. Using this method could advance technologies like memory devices and sensors, as well as pave the way to future soft materials ...

Ecology Aug 9, 2025

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars

Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic.

Analytical Chemistry Aug 7, 2025

Cleaner, cooler and cheaper: Upgraded catalyst system achieves low-temperature oxidation

What if chemical manufacturers could cut their energy costs while eliminating toxic heavy metals from their processes? Researchers at Nagoya University have developed a catalyst system that does exactly that by converting ...

Bio & Medicine Aug 7, 2025

pH-responsive graphene nanocarriers improve precision in cancer drug delivery

Cancer remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and despite advancements in diagnosis and treatment, it continues to impose a significant health burden globally. Researchers have now started exploring various ...

Analytical Chemistry Aug 5, 2025

Emulsion technology can purify wastewater with sunlight and droplets of oil

Wastewater often contains a cocktail of organic pollutants, ranging from pesticides to pharmaceutical residues. These are difficult to remove using conventional purification methods.

Biotechnology Aug 5, 2025

Study reveals simple peptides can mimic nature's protein protection strategy

A new study from researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) reveals that extremely simple peptides can mimic a biological process that protects sensitive proteins from environmental ...

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Aug 4, 2025

Packed particles power up: Âé¶¹ÒùÔºicists discover particles that accelerate when crowded

What if particles don't slow down in a crowd, but move faster? Âé¶¹ÒùÔºicists from Leiden worked together and discovered a new state of matter, where particles pass on energy through collisions and create more movement when packed ...

Optics & Photonics Aug 4, 2025

Ionic-electronic photodetector brings in-sensor vision closer to reality

In an advance at the intersection of neuromorphic engineering and photonics, researchers have developed an ionic-electronic photodetector that not only detects light but also performs in-sensor image processing, offering ...

Materials Science Jul 31, 2025

Single salt crystals seen creeping across surfaces below liquid for first time

Salt creeping, a phenomenon that occurs in both natural and industrial processes, describes the collection and migration of salt crystals from evaporating solutions onto surfaces. Once they start collecting, the crystals ...

Ecology Jul 30, 2025

Two new solutions presented for coral protection: A conductive biopaste and a natural healing patch

A research group in Italy has developed two new coral protection technologies for healing and restoring coral reefs: a biopaste and a natural patch, both successfully tested on real corals. The two solutions resulted from ...

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