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Latest articles

20 Nov 2024

Material Science and Engineering

Organic solar cells stand the test of time

Multiple strategies for improving the stability of organic solar cells will be needed to make the technology more commercially viable.

13 Nov 2024

Mechanical Engineering

Machine learning model identifies gas molecules

Automated system could be used to spot toxic emissions, air pollutants or diagnostic biomarkers.

7 Nov 2024

Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

Past and future drought patterns across the Arabian Peninsula

Higher temperatures have increased drought frequency and intensity over the last two decades, but the trend could be reversed in the next 20 years.

4 Nov 2024

Applied Physics

2D materials could boost magnetic data storage

An unconventional 2D ferromagnet might enable smaller and more reliable devices for data storage.

28 Oct 2024

Environmental Science and Engineering

Practical support for building sustainability into our cities

Interdisciplinary collaboration across all sectors is needed to build a sustainable urban future.

22 Oct 2024

Environmental Science and Engineering

Hydrogen storage solution could lie in lakes

Plastic pipes installed in deep water could stockpile gas, helping the world move away from fossil fuels.

16 Oct 2024

Bioscience

Mangrove microbes to munch on plastic

Mangrove soils are affected by the accumulation of plastic waste, but they may also hold a key to reduce its environmental impacts.

10 Oct 2024

Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

New pattern for underwater resonators

A resonator that enhances ultrasound waves in water could aid underwater communication.

25 Sep 2024

Material Science and Engineering

Stabilizing a solar material

Chemical tweaks prevent degradation of tin-lead perovskite, which could be used in next-generation solar panels.

18 Sep 2024

Electrical Engineering

Narrow-linewidth lasers bring low-noise answer

Two new designs of narrow-linewidth semiconductor laser offer high-performance light sources for use in sensing and metrology.

15 Sep 2024

Statistics

A high-resolution boost for global climate modeling

New statistical approach enables fast approximations of global surface temperatures at unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution.

11 Sep 2024

Electrical Engineering

Octopus suckers inspire sticky medical patch

Hybrid 3D printing helps to create adhesive textures for a highly adhesive and reusable biopatch that monitors health.

4 Sep 2024

Material Science and Engineering

Repurposing memory for ultrafast switches

A device that remembers its electrical past can be used to create low-power and ultrafast switches for next-generation radiofrequency signals.

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19 Feb 2024

Bioengineering

Giving voice to the voiceless through assistive technology

Artificial skin coupled with sensors and machine learning technology allows people with voice disorders to communicate using soundless mouth movements.

10 Oct 2023

Bioengineering

A new approach to rare disease diagnosis

An innovative AI-based tool leverages varied symptom descriptions, along with evidence from the scientific literature and genomic datasets, to pinpoint disease-associated gene variants.