The US Geological Survey (USGS) has just released a new authoritative map of moon to help explain the 4.5-billion-year-old history of our nearest neighbor in space. For the first time, the entire…
Month: April 2020
Microwaves turn waste PET into components of batteries in 2 minutes
New battery technology involving microwaves may provide an avenue for renewable energy conversion and storage.Purdue University researchers created a technique to turn waste polyethylene terephthalate, one of the most recyclable polymers, into…
New discovery helps close the gap towards optically-controlled quantum computation
Scientists have discovered a light-induced switching mechanism in a Dirac semimetal. The mechanism establishes a new way to control the topological material, driven by back-and-forth motion of atoms and electrons, which will…
New Bioinspired Material Can ‘Shapeshift’ to External Forces
Inspired by how human bone and colorful coral reefs adjust mineral deposits in response to their surrounding environments, Johns Hopkins researchers have created a self-adapting material that can change its stiffness in…
Nanosensor can alert a smartphone when plants are stressed
MIT engineers have developed a way to closely track how plants respond to stresses such as injury, infection, and light damage, using sensors made of carbon nanotubes. These sensors can be embedded…