Softness arises from hierarchical structures
Summary of the present study Persistence diagram obtained from the structure of amorphous silicon, examples of the local…
Super-absorbent hydrogel for soilless farming enables plants to thrive in drought conditions
Abstract. Credit: ACS Agricultural Science & Technology (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acsagscitech.4c00723 It is a fully biodegradable and eco-friendly system…
The fourth state of matter drives sustainable carbon upcycling
Researchers in Elijah Thimsen’s lab in the McKelvey School of Engineering has shown that carbon monoxide is a…
First direct observation of dark excitons in atomically thin materials
The TR-ARPES setup used in the research. Credit: Jeff Prine (OIST) In a world-first, researchers from the Femtosecond…
Termite observations reveal their sophisticated technique to prevent contamination in fungal crop
Representative pictures of sham encasement assay. (a) infected comb before encasement on day 0 (b) infected comb encased…
Chip-scale cold atom experiments could unleash the power of quantum science in the field
Laser cooling beam delivery PIC installed in the 3D MOT setup. The cooling and repump lasers are combined…
Light-driven thermal barriers control fluid flow in three dimensions
Generation of a localized optofluidic barrier. Credit: Nature Photonics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41566-025-01731-z Scientists at the Department of Applied…
A 3000-year-old copper smelting site could be key to understanding the origins of iron
Copper smelters at the site used copper ores that lacked iron. Adding the iron oxide hematite to the…
3D particle-in-cell simulations demonstrate first true steady state in turbulent plasma
Electric currents spatial distribution in a steady-state turbulence. Credit: PRL (2025), DOI: 10.1103/3777-z37m Plasma is a state of…
How diamond fails under extreme electrical fields
Credit: Cell Reports Physical Science (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2025.102843 A research team from the University of Chinese Academy of…