The Rotibot decontaminates water using functionalized microbeads (yellow) accumulated around the rotifer mouth (blue).
Advanced Functional Materials
Bioinspired Approach to Cleaning Up Viscous Crude Oil Spills
A wood-derived absorbent that provides an efficient and scalable approach to the rapid clean-up of high viscosity crude oil.
Upright Structure: Prolonging the Life of Lithium Batteries
A novel upright structure of a Li anode to creatively make planar Li metal stand up and achieve inner growth of Li dendrites, providing longer cycle life in lithium metal batteries.
Energy Efficient Computing via Nanomagnetic Logic Architectures
Scientists demonstrate the feasibility of chirality-encoded logic architectures.
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Starfish-Inspired Soft Robot for Advanced Therapeutics [Video]
A bioinspired soft actuator that responds to an alternating magnetic field is fabricated.
Soft Sensors for Human Motion Capture
Sensors that are promising for motion capture, and the development of health monitoring devices, surgical instruments, and human–machine interaction devices.
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A High-Throughput Method for Manufacturing 2D Nanosheets [Video]
A high‐throughput hydrodynamic exfoliation process yields a highly stable colloidal suspension of 2D nanosheets in water.
The Natural Solution to a Sticky Problem: Wearable Skin Patches
Scientists develop a reversible adhesive skin patch with high air permeability and water drainage.
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An On-Skin Artificial Pancreas for Diabetes Management [Video]
A microneedle-array patch worn on the skin mimics the stable insulin secretion pattern of a healthy pancreas.
Reconstructing the Spinal Cord with a Hydrogel Scaffold
An electrospun hydrogel scaffold shows promising results for regeneration of the spinal cord following injury.
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