Light Powers World’s Fastest-Spinning Object to 300 Billion Revolutions per Minute
Nanoparticle levitated by light rotates at 300 billion rpm A dumbbell-shaped nanoparticle powered just by the force and torque of light has become the world’s…
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Creating Better Drugs With Deep Learning, 3D Technology and Improved Protein Modeling
Proteins are often called the working molecules of the human body. A typical body has more than 20,000 different types of proteins, each of which…
Creating Better Drugs With This ‘Lemon’ for Machine Learning
One of the challenges in using machine learning for drug development is to create a process for the computer to extract needed information from a…
Millions Have Problems Swallowing – This New Wearable Device Could Help
A wearable monitoring device to make treatments easier and more affordable for the millions of people with swallowing disorders is about to be released into…
Making Stickier, Safer Glues From Food
You cannot make glue out of a ham sandwich – but you may be able to use the components of that food to create a…
Human Bone Structure Key to Stronger 3D-Printed Lightweight Materials [Video]
What do bones and 3D-printed buildings have in common? They both have columns and beams on the inside that determine how long they last. Now,…
Ceramic Nanotubes Engineered As Thermal Antennas With Heat Radiation Control
The gas turbines powering aircraft engines rely on ceramic coatings that ensure structural stability at high temperatures. But these coatings don’t control heat radiation, limiting…
Highly Efficient Solar Cells Possible With Hybrid Perovskite Breakthrough
A new type of material for next-generation solar cells eliminates the need to use lead, which has been a major roadblock for this technology. Solar…
A Shocking Tool in the Fight Against Bladder Cancer: Anthrax
Anthrax may soon help more people win the fight against bladder cancer, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says strikes about 72,000 Americans…
Fast-Acting Elastic Energy Robots Inspired by Chameleon’s Tongue Strike [Video]
Chameleons, salamanders and many toads use stored elastic energy to launch their sticky tongues at unsuspecting insects located up to one-and-a-half body lengths away, catching…
Building Equipped With Thousands of Sensors Answers: How Much Are You Polluting Your Office Air Just by Existing?
Just by breathing or wearing deodorant, you have more influence over your office space than you might think, a growing body of evidence shows. But…
More Durable Missiles, Coffee Mugs With New Technique to Improve Ductility of Ceramics
Something as simple as an electric field could soon make wartime missiles or drinking mugs easier to produce and more resilient for fracture. Items such…
Scientists Develop ‘Nanochains’ to Increase Lithium-Ion Battery Capacity
How long the battery of your phone or computer lasts depends on how many lithium ions can be stored in the battery’s negative electrode material….
Incredible Electronic Glove Offers ‘Human-Like’ Features for Prosthetic Hand Users [Video]
Sensor-instrumented glove for prosthetic hand controls has the ability to sense pressure, temperature, hydration using electronic chips sending sensory data through wristwatch. People with hand…
Scientists Witness Birth of New Star from Hydrogen-Poor Supernova
The explosions of stars, known as supernovae, can be so bright they outshine their host galaxies. They take months or years to fade away, and…
Silk Fibers May Represent Natural Metamaterials, Capable of light Confinement
New research has demonstrated how the nano-architecture of a silkworm’s fiber causes “Anderson localization of light,” a discovery that could lead to various innovations and…
Breathtaking Hubble Image of Spiral Galaxy NGC 7331
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a spiral galaxy known as NGC 7331. First spotted by the prolific galaxy hunter William Herschel in 1784,…
Meteorites Were Byproducts of Planetary Formation, Not Building Blocks
A newly published study from researchers at MIT and Purdue University reveals that chondrules were byproducts of a violent and messy planetary process, not building…