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Ancient woodworking technique inspires improved memristor

Mortise-and-tenon structure makes for fast, highly uniform switching

Diagram of an electronic device in different colours showing interlocking elements

Novel zinc alloys could make bone screws biodegradable

New coarser-grained alloys are strong enough to challenge stainless steel and titanium as materials for orthopaedic implants, say researchers

Photo of Feng Nei in the lab with his zinc alloy prototype. He's wearing glasses and a white lab coat and holding the prototype with metal tweezers, and is slightly out of focus so the emphasis is on the prototype, which is in focus. A rack of blue-lidded chemical bottles is on a shelf in the background.

Triboelectric device reduces noise pollution

A fibrous composite foam employs the triboelectric effect and in situ electrical energy dissipation to absorb low-frequency sound waves

Sound-absorbing mechanism of triboelectric fibrous composite foam

Quantum material detects tiny mechanical strains

Sensitivity of vanadium-oxide-based device breaks previous record by more than an order of magnitude

Air-powered computers make a comeback

Novel device contains a pneumatic logic circuit made from 21 microfluidic valves

Close up of the air-powered sensing device

Twisted fibres capture more water from fog

New finding could allow more fresh water to be harvested from the air

Shadowgraph of an oil drop sliding down two fibres

Kirigami cubes make a novel mechanical computer

New device can store, retrieve and erase data

Graphene switch combines logic and memory functions in a single device

New device exploits the carbon material’s ability to conduct both electrons and protons

Artist's image of a graphene lattice, showing the atoms as yellow balls and the edges of the lattice as yellow lines

Sliding ferroelectrics offer fast, fatigue-free switching

Two new studies show that unconventional ferroelectric materials can endure many switching cycles without losing their ferroelectric properties

Image of a fatigue-free ferroelectric system

Carbon nanotubes make optical sensor flexible and ultrathin

Device works across electromagnetic spectrum from terahertz to visible

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