High-quality athletic shoes are usually made from a complex combination of materials. This has consequences for both production and recycling. In the ZiProMat project, Fraunhofer researchers have ...

Data just published on bioRxiv shows Sidewinder achieves first-of-its-kind realization of scalable parallel DNA construction, demonstrating ...

Nature is replete with slender filaments that bend and coil—from climbing grape vines, to folded proteins, to elephant trunks that can pick up a peanut but also take down a tree.

A new technical paper, “Nonvolatile photonic field-programmable coupler array,” was published by researchers at University of ...

A new RNA-based method creates programmable artificial organelles inside living cells, enabling customizable compartments for ...

Many plastic products are designed to be used only once, yet the material itself lasts for years. But a new strategy is ...

Researchers have developed a new type of plastic that can self-destruct on command. These ...

A key advantage of a programmable thermostat is that you can lower the level of heat or air conditioning when everyone’s away ...

Researchers at Tampere University have recently demonstrated that light can be used to precisely reshape soft materials ...

Researchers have developed a 3D printing strategy to create programmable artificial muscles. Harvard’s SEAS ...

Just as the human body relies on organs such as the heart or liver for essential functions, cells depend on their own tiny ...

Steven Girard, a chemistry professor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, took home Project Pitch It’s $10,000 prize ...