Watch this person-shaped robot liquify and escape jail, all with the power of magnets
Inspired by sea cucumbers, engineers have designed miniature robots that rapidly and reversibly shift between liquid and solid states. On ...
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Distinguishing between right and left with magnets
Chirality control of molecules and crystals is critical to multiple fields of research such as drug development and display device ...
Why some people are mosquito magnets
It’s impossible to hide from a female mosquito—she will hunt down any member of the human species by tracking our ...
Miniature permanent magnets can be printed on a 3D printer
Scientists from the Ural Federal University and the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences are determining the optimal ...
Smaller, stronger magnets could improve devices that harness the fusion power of the sun and stars
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have found a way to build powerful ...
Researchers model accelerator magnets’ history using machine learning approach
After a long day of work, you might feel tired or exhilarated. Either way, you are affected by what happened ...
Researchers design simpler magnets for twisty facilities that could lead to steady-state fusion operation
Harnessing the power that makes the sun and stars shine could be made easier by powerful magnets with straighter shapes ...
Tiny magnets could hold the secret to new quantum computers
Magnetic interactions could point to miniaturizable quantum devices. Credit: (Image by Yi Li/Argonne National Laboratory.) Magnetic interactions could point to ...
Magnets in newer portable electronic devices can interfere with implanted defibrillators
Embargoed until 4 a.m. CT/5 a.m. ET Tuesday, March 1, 2022 DALLAS, March 1, 2022 — Magnet technology is increasingly ...
Strong magnets put new twist on phonons
HOUSTON – (Feb. 15, 2022) – Phonons are collective atomic vibrations, or quasiparticles, that act as the main heat carriers in a crystal lattice. ...
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Looking beyond microplastics, Oregon State researchers find that cotton and synthetic microfibers impact behavior and growth of aquatic organisms
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Face masks cut distance airborne pathogens could travel in half, new study finds
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Why lung cancer doesn’t respond well to immunotherapy
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Study presents novel therapeutic target for treatment of sepsis
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Seawater split to produce green hydrogen
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Discovery of new ice may change understanding of water