News

Researchers have developed a new synthesis method for carbon nanotubes that uses proofing and kneading to prevent defects and maximize performance. These can then be used as functional wires in electronic textiles.

Researchers have developed a new method to grow artificial muscle tissues that can twitch and flex in multiple directions. This could lead to significant breakthroughs in the field of soft robotics.

Researchers have developed a streamlined way of producing the complex ring-shaped molecular structures used in organic electronics. The new method is scalable and could revolutionize the production of solar cells, displays and transistors.

Researchers have developed a new strategy for assembling conductive organic materials using a highly-planar gold complex and ion pairing. This breakthrough offers enhanced solubility and charge segregation, paving the way for innovative electronics.

A team of neuroscientists from the University of Vienna has published brain scan evidence demonstrating that exposure to nature can reduce pain. The research is available in Nature Communications.

Insights into the fundamental process of how the heart is formed offer new hope for treating heart disease. The findings focus on long, thin, channels of membranes – called Tunneling Nanotube-Like Structures - that connect cells together.

A sensor based on metal-organic framework (MOF) materials could be a rapid detection option for warning of nerve gas exposure. This sensor is less prone to environmental interference than traditional fluorescence techniques.

By taking two flakes of 2D material and twisting them together, researchers can access unusual properties that could be used to improve quantum computers.

Quantum physicists have created a new phase of matter inside a diamond. Their new "time quasicrystal" is special as it is crystallized in four dimensions: the three physical dimensions, plus time.

A new study demonstrates a potential protein misfolding mechanism that could solve a decades-old mystery of why some proteins refold in a different pattern than expected.