Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed microscopic robots, called microrobots, that can swim around in the lungs, deliver medication and be used to clear up life-threatening cases of bacterial pneumonia.

Lithium batteries could soon enjoy increased performance thanks to a highly ordered inorganic foam discovered at Kaust. The self-assembling foam features a complex hierarchical structure that allows it to repeatedly soak up and then release large quantities of lithium ions with ease.

Due to increased requirements in stability, durability and recyclability, modern packaging films consist of a growing number of thin layers. This is where the previously common infrared spectroscopy reaches its limits. Horiba has unlocked new possibilities using Raman microscopy, which automatically analyses multi-layered films in just a few minutes.

Researchers have developed a soft and stretchable material that has the ability to mimic functions such as sensing pressure, temperature, strain and much more just like real skin.

In a study of adults in the United Kingdom, those who adhered closely to a Mediterranean lifestyle — including eating a healthy, plant-based diet with limited added salts and sugars and getting adequate rest, exercise, and socialization — were found to have a 29 % lower risk of all-cause mortality and a 28 % lower risk of cancer mortality compared to those who were nonadherent to the lifestyle.

A new study has concluded that arctic terns may not face major issues in the backdrop of climate change as they are strong birds which live over vast areas.

Using only inexpensive raw materials, a team from Rice’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Syzygy Plasmonics and Princeton University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment created a scalable catalyst that needs only the power of light to convert ammonia into clean-burning hydrogen fuel.

Scientists at the National University of Singapore have discovered that genes inherited from mothers play a vital role in understanding unsolved genetic conditions in their children.

Whether food, e-liquids or pharmaceuticals: ingredients from the cannabis plant form the basis for numerous products. Ande the numbers are drastically increasing. But what must be taken into account in analysis and regulatory guidelines? An online congress on May 12 will provide answers.

For the first time, researchers at the University of Bayreuth have succeeded in synthesising a compound that contains aromatic rings of nitrogen atoms. The newly synthesised hexazine ring bears a striking resemblance to benzene, the aromatic carbon compound that is omnipresent in nature.