Polar bear fur inspires solar-thermal textiles
New fabric is 30% lighter in weight than cotton and keeps wearers warmer at colder temperatures
Read article: Polar bear fur inspires solar-thermal textiles
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New fabric is 30% lighter in weight than cotton and keeps wearers warmer at colder temperatures
Read article: Polar bear fur inspires solar-thermal textiles
New model of downslope granular movement could reduce the destructive power of avalanches and other dangerous geophysical phenomena
Read article: ‘Forest of cylindrical obstacles’ slows avalanche flow
The improved technique does not damage delicate biological cells and could be used in a range of areas from cell and development biology to biomedicine
Read article: Speeded-up Brillouin microscopy sheds light on embryo development
A new type of neural implant could be used to drive neuroprosthetic limbs and improve paralysis by bypassing injuries to the nervous system
Read article: Biohybrid device creates new and improved neural implant
Unusual phase develops when water freezes on interfaces at low temperatures
Read article: Cubic ice observed in pure form for the first time
Device employs a spherical mirror and a correction plate to focus light and could be used to image whole organisms
Read article: Classic telescope design inspires new microscope objective
High-quality, flexible mirrors could be rolled up for transport on a spacecraft
Read article: Membrane mirrors take off for use in large space telescopes
Observations of bound photons interacting with a quantum dot could advance quantum-enhanced measurements and computing
Read article: Photon bound states pave the way to manipulation of ‘quantum light’
New design of lithium-ion battery could benefit applications such as electric aviation
Read article: Lithium-ion batteries break energy density record
New discovery could be important for quantum information science and magnetic field sensing
Read article: Giant orbital magnetic moment appears in a graphene quantum dot