An eye-catching bracelet that lets you control how you feel temperature.
Star-Shaped Structures Rapidly Remove Chromium from Water
A star-shaped covalent organic framework efficiently removes toxic chromium species from wastewater.
Light-Powered Robots
Space exploration and grocery shopping—how light-powered robots can help us with mundane and unimaginable tasks.
Irreducible Uncertainty in Near-Term Climate Projections
Irreducible uncertainty of the effects of policy change on climate change brought about by the Paris agreement is discussed.
Considerably Improved Electrolysis
US researchers unexpectedly discovered auspicious catalysts to reduce water into hydrogen gas and oxygen molecules.
Surviving Space: Dynamic Materials for Advanced Spacecraft
Self-healing, adaptive, and multifunctional materials play a pivotal role in engineering next-generation spacecraft.
Efficient Electrodes for Metal–Air Batteries
A new strategy to overcome the current limitation on sluggish reaction kinetics of the air cathode in Mg–air batteries from Dr. Chong Cheng and Prof. Rainer Haag at Freie Universität in Berlin.
Butterfly Structures Enhance Organic Photovoltaic Efficiency
A “butterfly” system of carbon nanotubes grafted with semiconducting polymers increases organic photovoltaic efficiency.
Windows of Opportunity for a Sustainable Built Environment
Smart materials for the construction of environmentally friendly buildings.
A Highly Sensitive Strain Sensor for Electronic Skins [Video]
Laser direct writing is used to fabricate the sensor, eliminating the need for post-synthesis steps.