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Condensed Matter Aug 15, 2025

Orbital Hall effect shows how defects can improve spintronic devices

Scientists have turned a longstanding challenge in electronics—material defects—into a quantum-enhanced solution, paving the way for new-generation ultra-low-power spintronic devices. Spintronics, short for "spin electronics," ...

Analytical Chemistry Aug 15, 2025

Graphite's pore size distribution offers new clues to predicting nuclear reactor material failure

Graphite is a key structural component in some of the world's oldest nuclear reactors and many of the next-generation designs being built today. But it also condenses and swells in response to radiation—and the mechanism ...

Polymers Aug 15, 2025

Building and breaking plastics with light: Chemists rethink plastic recycling

What if recycling plastics were as simple as flicking a switch? At TU/e, Assistant Professor Fabian Eisenreich is making that vision a reality by using LED light to both create and break down a new class of high-performance ...

Biochemistry Aug 15, 2025

Plastic from plants: Cell walls yield a versatile polymer

Ho Yong Chung, an associate professor in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, has demonstrated for the first time the possibility of using lignin, a material found in plant cell walls, and carbon dioxide to create a new kind ...

Bio & Medicine Aug 15, 2025

AI model predicts better nanoparticles for efficient RNA vaccine delivery

Using artificial intelligence, MIT researchers have come up with a new way to design nanoparticles that can more efficiently deliver RNA vaccines and other types of RNA therapies.

Nanophysics Aug 15, 2025

Graphene capacitors achieve rapid, high-depth modulation of terahertz waves

Researchers at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge have demonstrated a new way to control radiation in the terahertz range—an often-overlooked part of the electromagnetic spectrum—with unprecedented dynamic ...

Space Exploration Aug 14, 2025

EIRSAT-1 novel control payload successfully demonstrates advanced satellite pointing in space

EIRSAT-1, Ireland's first satellite, has successfully tested an advanced onboard control system that allows it to orient itself accurately in space. The breakthrough was achieved using a payload called Wave-Based Control ...

Materials Science Aug 14, 2025

Thin films, big science: Chemists expand imaging possibilities with new X-ray material

Most people picture a doctor checking for a broken bone when they think of an X-ray. But the technology is just as important in places like airport security, manufacturing, quality control and scientific research, each with ...

Cell & Microbiology Aug 14, 2025

Glowing algae reveal the geometry of life

Researchers have captured the first clear view of the hidden architecture that helps shape a simple multicellular organism, showing how cells work together to build complex life forms.

Soft Matter Aug 14, 2025

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 ...

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