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Optics & Photonics Jan 27, 2021

Microscopy systems using customized chips could expand on-site identification of pathogens

The development of cost-efficient, portable microscopy units would greatly expand their use in remote field locations and in places with fewer resources, potentially leading to easier on-site analysis of contaminants such ...

Analytical Chemistry Jan 19, 2021

Semiconductor chip that detects exhaled gas with high sensitivity at room temperature

Third-year doctoral student Toshiaki Takahashi, associate professor Kazuhiro Takahashi, and their research team from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology ...

Biochemistry Jan 18, 2021

Fungal wearables and devices: Biomaterials pave the way toward science fiction future

Fungi are among the world's oldest and most tenacious organisms. They are now showing great promise to become one of the most useful materials for producing textiles, gadgets and other construction materials. The joint research ...

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Dec 23, 2020

Perfect transmission through barrier using sound

The perfect transmission of sound through a barrier is difficult to achieve, if not impossible based on our existing knowledge. This is also true with other energy forms such as light and heat.

Materials Science Dec 17, 2020

Fibrous protein finding may lead to improved bioprinting, tissue engineering

Fibrous proteins such as collagen and fibrinogen form a thin solid layer on the surface of an aqueous solution similar to the "skin" that forms on warm milk, according to a team of Penn State Researchers, who believe this ...

Ecology Dec 14, 2020

Endangered-species decision expected on beloved butterfly

Trump administration officials are expected to say this week whether the monarch butterfly, a colorful and familiar backyard visitor now caught in a global extinction crisis, should receive federal designation as a threatened ...

Evolution Dec 10, 2020

Artificial intelligence finds surprising patterns in Earth's biological mass extinctions

Charles Darwin's landmark opus "On the Origin of the Species" ends with a beautiful summary of his theory of evolution: "There is a grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into ...

Optics & Photonics Dec 8, 2020

Breakthrough optical sensor mimics human eye, a key step toward better artificial intelligence

Researchers at Oregon State University are making key advances with a new type of optical sensor that more closely mimics the human eye's ability to perceive changes in its visual field.

Nanophysics Nov 24, 2020

Sound waves power new advances in drug delivery and smart materials

Researchers have revealed how high-frequency sound waves can be used to build new materials, make smart nanoparticles and even deliver drugs to the lungs for painless, needle-free vaccinations.

Optics & Photonics Nov 23, 2020

Vibrational encounters—phonon polaritons meet molecules

Researchers from CIC nanoGUNE BRTA (San Sebastian, Spain), in collaboration with the Donostia International Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Center (San Sebastián, Spain) and the University of Oviedo (Spain) employed a spectroscopic nanoimaging ...

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