A team of scientists have created a cost-effective way to destroy bacterial biofilms, paving the way for advancements in everything from healthcare to utilities.
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Brain implants with a short and sweet solution
Pudding-like implants with a sugar-based delivery system show promise in reducing the foreign body response against brain implants.
Invisible codes help robots make sense of their environment
A new material helps robots analyze and navigate their environments by scanning codes invisible to the human eye.
Robots will save the world from asteroids. Eventually.
Asteroids are always pelting Earth, but what happens if the big one comes along? The European Space Agency’s new asteroid telescope is coming to the rescue.
Researchers use laser paintbrush to create miniature masterpieces
The new technique creates color on metal that can be changed, erased, and rewritten.
Bottlebrush polymers create a rainbow of structural colors
Researchers create a new and elegant way of producing nanostructured microparticles, yielding a vibrant palette of colors from a single polymer brush.
Researchers translate the music hidden in spider webs
From better 3D printers to cross-species communication and otherworldly music, scientists unlock the hidden, musical language of spiders.
A “time-accelerated computational microscope” provides biologists with powerful insights
A new simulation technique accelerates modeling to help us better understand complex molecular processes and facilitate rational drug design.
Gold nanoparticles increase longevity of implantable sensors
The stability and versatility of gold nanoparticles make them an ideal candidate for implantable sensors
A computer model to build tailor-made power grids
Using a computer model to plan electricity grids in developing countries, researcher Christina Dominguez traveled to Kenya to get an idea of how people live without electricity and what developments access to the power grid can trigger.
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