A new design for vanadium redox flow batteries could help fundamental research and accelerate commercialization of this energy storage technology.
A step towards regenerating damaged bones
A customizable scaffold helps repair bones and rebuild tissue using the patient’s own cells.
Simplifying the design of soft robotic actuators
A new layer-by-layer fabrication process allows researchers to create new and improved soft robot actuators with variable degrees of stiffness.
New ‘super light source’ should allow fascinating insights into atoms
International team of scientists proposes plans for high-intensity gamma radiation source at CERN.
This month in pictures: June
Here, we take a look at some of the most intriguing scientific images published in June 2020.
Quantifying the effectiveness of facemasks
AU College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers use flow visualization to qualitatively test facemasks and social distancing.
Building soft microrobots on demand from active colloids
A new soft microrobot harnesses electromagnetic and thermal energy at the nanoscale to self-assemble from colloidal nanomachines.
Millibots act as artificial insects
Millimeter-scale robots were shown to mimic the movement and behavior of living insects for advanced materials science, biological, and biomedical applications.
Researchers record world’s fastest internet speed from a single optical chip
As the way in which we work, socialize, and live becomes ever-more digital, enabling faster internet speeds and bandwidth capacity while using existing infrastructures promises a new dawn of the digital age.
Lighting the path for cells: Growing neurons in 3D patterns
Researchers use “a guiding light” to direct the 3D growth of nerve tissue with a high degree of precision.