Materials Science & Nanotech

2+ hour, 35+ min ago   (733+ words) A magnesium–molybdenum trioxide battery was tested in the gastrointestinal tract, powering wireless tracking and electrical stimulation while researchers examined how long it could operate and what happened as its materials degraded. A recent study published in the journal Nature…...

3+ hour, 28+ min ago   (456+ words) NTU researchers have created a colour-changing sensor that signals when a structure is under stress, offering a potentially simpler and intuitive way to monitor the health of bridges, buildings and other critical infrastructure. The sensor provides a visible indication of…...

43+ min ago   (533+ words) Chemists have long faced an awkward trade-off at the heart of asymmetric catalysis. Homogeneous catalysts, in which every active metal complex floats freely in solution, deliver exquisite control over the handedness of the products they form, but recovering those precious…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago   (711+ words) For more than a decade, one of the most celebrated properties of molybdenum disulfide has also been one of its most fragile. When this two-dimensional semiconductor is shaved down to a single atomic layer, its electronic bands rearrange themselves so…...

2+ hour, 35+ min ago   (99+ words) Every year, the textile industry discards millions of tons of wool waste, a protein-rich material that most often ends up in landfills. A research team at Xiamen University has now found a strikingly useful second life for this discarded fiber....

9+ hour, 17+ min ago   (195+ words) image: Red-dyed droplets of varying sizes line up along a crease in a soft, rubber-like substrate in Syracuse University professor Anupam Pandey's lab. Smaller droplets stop short of the fold, while larger ones cross it — a visible demonstration of the…...

3+ hour, 1+ min ago   (88+ words) wearable electronics have long faced an awkward trade-off. To sense the faintest tremor of a pulse, a sensor must be exquisitely sensitive; to survive being wrapped around a wrist, finger, or knee, it must also stretch like skin. Materials that…...

20+ hour, 36+ min ago   (227+ words) Lorna Brigham is a Scientific Editor at IOP Publishing. She holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry and completed her PhD at the University of Sussex, where she specialised in photovoltaic materials. Lorna joined the Reports on Progress in Physics journal…...

3+ hour, 15+ min ago   (644+ words) Drug-Like Molecules Bioengineer.org...

10+ hour, 7+ min ago   (358+ words) A young company is challenging a supply chain dominated by China with motors designed for smaller machines and increasingly constrained industrial designs. Startup Modal Motors is developing electric motors that do not require rare-earth magnets. The company believes this design…...