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Shape-changing, free-roaming soft robot created
A new type of robot combines traditional and soft robotics, making it safe but sturdy. Once inflated, it can change shape and move without being attached to a source of...
Shedding light on optimal materials for harvesting sunlight underwater
There may be many overlooked organic and inorganic materials that could be used to harness sunlight underwater and efficiently power autonomous submersible vehicles, report researchers. New research develops guidelines for...
COVID-19 coronavirus weighs on economy, chemicals
Chemical makers and oil producers are pulling back on production, reconsidering investments
Frozen-planet states in exotic helium atoms
Scientists describe the configuration and energy levels of antiprotonic helium that can potentially be produced by colliding slow antiprotons with ordinary helium at CERN.
Fusion researchers endorse push for pilot power plant in US
The growing sense of urgency around development of fusion technology for energy production in the United States got another boost this week with the release of a community consensus report by a diverse...
Frozen-planet states in exotic helium atoms
Exotic subatomic particles that are like 'normal' particles apart from one, opposite, property—such as the positron, which is like an electron but positively rather than negatively charged—are collectively known as...
Model simulator helps researchers map complex physics phenomena
To understand the behavior of quantum particles, imagine a pinball game—but rather than one metal ball, there are billions or more, all ricocheting off each other and their surroundings.
Look: Hailey Baldwin dances with Justin Bieber in first TikTok video
Hailey Baldwin and Justin Bieber performed the "Why is Everything Chrome" dance challenge after the model joined TikTok.
Honeywell nets $72.8M for auxiliary power units on Navy aircraft
Honeywell International was awarded $72.8 million for work on auxiliary power units for several Navy aircraft, including the P-3 Orion, C-2 Greyhound and variants of the F/A-18 Hornet, the Pentagon...
Live from Jimmy Fallon's home! Late-night hosts adapt to coronavirus reality
After the coronavirus shuts down production on late-night TV, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Trevor Noah and other hosts film mini-shows in their homes.
A radial setup helps automated synthesis branch out
Reactors arranged around a central switching station gives chemists more options for making molecules remotely
Chemistry: Access to forbidden rings
Chemists have now devised a new technique for creating chains of molecular rings that do not use standard chemical interactions but contact with large molecular surfaces that are electron-poor and...
Polymer films pass electron gun test
HSE researchers, jointly with colleagues from the RAN Institute of Organoelement Compounds and the RAN Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, have studied the properties of a polyarylene ether ketone-based...
Mathematicians develop new theory to explain real-world randomness
Brownian motion describes the random movement of particles in fluids, however, this revolutionary model only works when a fluid is static, or at equilibrium.
Distortion isn't a drag on fluid-straddling particles
New research shows that the drag force experienced by fluid-straddling particles is less affected by interface distortion than previously believed.
Control mechanism of force-induced cell-to-cell adhesion
Using the amphibian Xenopus laevis as a model, Drs. Noriyuki Kinoshita and Naoto Ueno from the National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB), Japan and Dr. Ileana Cristea from Princeton University,...
Closing the carbon cycle to stop climate change
An excessive amount of carbon dioxide is the main cause of climate change. One of the best approaches is to capture and convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into fuel such as...
Distortion isn't a drag on fluid-straddling particles
Some intriguing physics can be found at the interfaces between fluids, particularly if they are straddled by particles like proteins or dust grains. When placed between un-mixable fluids such as...
Chemistry: Access to forbidden rings
Cyclic molecules are everywhere, and everything around us stems from the way they are assembled: not just taste, color and smell but also (for example) pharmaceutical drugs. Nature by itself...
The imitation game: Scientists describe and emulate new quantum state of entangled photons
A research team from ITMO University, with the help of colleagues from MIPT (Russia) and Politecnico di Torino (Italy), has predicted a novel type of topological quantum state of two...
New 3-D printing method could transform material behind vital medical isotope
For the first time in the U.S., Argonne scientists have used 3-D printing to scale up the recycling of the precursors of an important medical isotope.
Method of angular momentum multiplexing and demultiplexing for high-capacity optical communications
Optical multiplexing and demultiplexing utilizing the intrinsic physical properties of light has played a crucial role in high-capacity data storage and high-speed communications.
The Navy and Air Force have been experimenting with uncrewed fighter jets
The Valkyrie, the cutest flying companion ever. (US Air Force/)Back in October 2019, the Navy carried out an experiment with three fighter jets—it involved one aircraft remotely controlling two others. While the two...
Essential supplies for grooming your cat
Minimize their stress and help prevent a mess. (C. Z. Shi via Unsplash/)It’s largely true that cats are self-cleaning, like self-cleaning ovens but without the smell of burning teflon. Cats do not want...
Study unveils gapless ground state in an archetypal quantum kagome
At low enough temperatures, magnetic systems typically become solid crystals. A renowned phenomenon through which this happens is ferromagnetism, occurring when all elementary moments or spins interact at the atomic...
Leap in performance sees hollow-core fiber technology close in on mainstream optical fiber
Researchers from the Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics at the University of Southampton have demonstrated a new leap in hollow-core fiber performance, underlining the technology's potential to soon eclipse...
Researchers engineer the world's first aerogels made from scrap tires
A team of NUS researchers has achieved a major technological breakthrough by converting waste rubber tires into super-light aerogels that have a wide range of applications. This is the first...
Hospitals are straining under the coronavirus. The big wave coming could break them
In the next two weeks, California will likely see a wave of serious coronavirus cases. That doesn't mean mitigation is failing.