A bucket of liquid plastic that never hardens sounds like a fantasy in a factory. It is also the kind of problem that drives ...

Breakthrough capsules made from natural materials vanish with light or water, and that’s just scratching the surface.

Cilia are micrometer-sized biological structures that occur frequently in nature. Their characteristic high-frequency, ...

Scientists have taken a major step toward improving how wastewater treatment systems deal with emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, antibiotics, and endocrine disrupting chemicals. In a new ...

The PRecycling project aims to recover high-quality polymeric materials enabling up to 100% recycled content incorporation in ...

Molecularly imprinted biochar offers a highly selective and sustainable way to trap and destroy pollutants in water, soil, and even complex industrial waste streams, turning agricultural waste into ...

Some 10% of people shy away from medical attention because they have a severe fear of needles, and nobody likes getting poked. So what would life be like if needles were as thin as a hair? Or how ...

A new chip-based quantum memory uses 3D-printed “light cages” to store light in atomic vapor with high precision. Quantum ...

Benjamin List of the Max Planck Institute for Kohlenforschung and colleagues have now developed a light-driven catalytic ...

You've probably inherited some cast iron wisdom from your grandmother or picked up advice from that friend who swears their ...

Another massive shift compared to most quantum computing technology is that light cage memory operates slightly above room temperature and does not require cryogenic cooling. This makes it not only ...