Ultra-strong stretchy material could enable shape-shifting aircraft
An artist’s rendering of a futuristic aircraft with morphable wingsAFRL / NASA An alloy of titanium and nickel is as strong as steel but stretches like a rubbery polymer. With…
An artist’s rendering of a futuristic aircraft with morphable wingsAFRL / NASA An alloy of titanium and nickel is as strong as steel but stretches like a rubbery polymer. With…
Scanning electromicrograph of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. Credit: NIAID Staphylococcus aureus—aka staph—is among the most extensively studied human pathogens. Unfortunately, that knowledge hasn’t made staph infections any easier to treat, particularly…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The goals outlined in the Paris Agreement on climate include limiting climate warming to below 2°C and reaching a global peak of greenhouse gas emissions as…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Companies with emotionally intelligent managers are not only nicer places to work, but also make more money, new research says. Managers who are more empathic and…
Town Peterson’s contemporary re-creation of Benecke’s photo at the Kansas River in Topeka. Credit: Town Peterson A new book chronicling transformation on the plains of Kansas and western Colorado uses…
BurstCube, trailed by another CubeSat named SNOOPI (Signals of Opportunity P-band Investigation), emerges from the International Space Station on April 18, 2024. Credit: NASA/Matthew Dominick The shoebox-sized BurstCube satellite has…
Left: sketch of the working principle of the all-optical modulation of light polarization. The dielectric metasurface is illuminated by an intense laser pulse (“pump”, depicted as the purple beam), and…
The tiny air-filled bubbles some photosynthetic microorganisms use as flotation devices could be engineered into powerful biomedical applications. Rice University bioengineers created a road map of the protein-protein interactions that…
Different materials allow substances to pass through their narrow channels based on the size of the substance compared to the channel opening and whether the material is rigid or flexible.…
Thailand has netted more than 1.3 million kilograms of highly invasive blackchin tilapia fish. Thailand has netted more than 1.3 million kilograms of highly destructive blackchin tilapia fish, the government…