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Turning Waste Heat into Renewable Energy
Researchers have developed an efficient system for waste heat recovery in engines.
Prickly Nanoparticles against Cancer
The fabrication of a specific nanomedicine, prickly shaped nanoparticles, enables a novel cancer treatment methodology.
Stronger Magnets with Smaller Amounts of Rare Earth Metals
An exciting new strategy and direction in the quest for stronger permanent-magnet materials with fewer critical elements.
The Great Hope: Biomaterial Methods for Spinal Cord Injury Treatment
Combinatorial strategies that use biomaterials for regeneration of the injured central nervous system.
Stretchable Sensors for Biofluids
Thin, stretchable chemical sensing systems that mount on open cellular substrates for biofluids.
Transition-Metal Perovskite Chalcogenides (TMPCs): A New Class of Versatile Optoelectronic Semiconductors
Transition metal perovskite chalcogenides are a new class of versatile semiconductors with high absorption coefficient and luminescence efficiency.
Monolayer PbS: A Novel Topological Dual-Valley Material
A PbS monolayer is demonstrated to be a novel platform for topological, valleytronic, and optical phenomena.
Conference Report: 36th Australasian Polymer Symposium
The 36th APS, which took place in Lorne, Victoria, from November 20-23, featured talks on a wide range of polymer science topics from both local and international speakers.
Microlenses from Organic Dyes
Researchers from EMPA, the Swiss Federal Institute for Science and Technology, present light scattering enhancement at the absorption edge in dewetting droplets of cyanine dyes.