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Freestanding 3D MXene structures push the limits of microscale devices
- Jan 29, 2026
In a breakthrough that could power next-generation electronics, sensors, and energy storage devices, CMU engineers have developed a fabrication techni...
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Direct imaging captures the crystalline vibrations of a supersolid made of atoms and light
- Jan 29, 2026
The 20th century was marked by the discovery of exotic states of matter. First, liquid helium was observed to flow without friction at extremely low t...
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New chemi-mechanical process removes pigments and restores properties in recycled plastics
- Jan 29, 2026
Researchers in Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Department of Chemical Engineering and at the University of Akron have published research in Chemical...
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Silica nanocomposite can generate biocides on demand
- Jan 29, 2026
A surface capable of responding to chemical signals generated by microorganisms and automatically producing biocidal substances—this is not a futurist...
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Biodegradable polymers used to develop eco-friendly, high-performance gas sensors
- Jan 29, 2026
Air pollutants like nitrogen dioxide (NO2), primarily produced during fossil fuel combustion, pose a serious concern for human health, contributing to...
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Growing meltwater reservoirs—glacial lakes are both a resource and a habitat worthy of protection
- Jan 29, 2026
Should growing glacial lakes be used for energy production and water supply—or remain protected as ecologically valuable systems? A research team from...
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MXene nanoscrolls could improve energy storage, biosensors and more
- Jan 29, 2026
Researchers from Drexel University who discovered a versatile type of two-dimensional conductive nanomaterial called MXene nearly a decade and a half...
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How fire-loving fungi learned to eat charcoal
- Jan 29, 2026
Wildfire causes most living things to flee or die, but some fungi thrive afterward, even feasting on charred remains. New University of California, Ri...
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Light-based nanotechnology offers potential alternative to chemotherapy and radiation
- Jan 29, 2026
Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed a new light-based nanotechnology that could improve how certain cancers are detected and treated, offering...
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Prototype cassettes mark key step toward new CMS high-granularity calorimeter
- Jan 29, 2026
In beehives on the CERN site, a buzzing team of bees collaborates to build hexagon after hexagon of honeycomb—a shape that allows the most honey for a...
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Mapping 'figure 8' Fermi surfaces to pinpoint future chiral conductors
- Jan 29, 2026
One of the biggest problems facing modern microelectronics is that computer chips can no longer be made arbitrarily smaller and more efficient. Materi...
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When Toronto paused for COVID, a key 'forever chemical' rapidly declined
- Jan 29, 2026
A new study out of York University has found that the amount of atmospheric trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), the tiniest forever chemical, significantly de...