Month: November 2020

IMAGE: Computer graphic of a microvehicle with iron wheels (gold) and a polymer chassis (red). The vehicle measures just 0.25 millimetres long. view more  Credit: (Visualisations: Alcântara et al. Nature Communications 2020) Robots so tiny that they can manoeuvre through our blood vessels and deliver medications to certain points in the body – researchers have been
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IMAGE: From left: Schematic diagram of a ZIOS network; and a SEM (scanning electron microscopy) image of a ZIOS-copper sample on a silicon wafer. (Credit: Berkeley Lab) view more  Credit: Berkeley Lab We rely on water to quench our thirst and to irrigate bountiful farmland. But what do you do when that once pristine water is
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IMAGE: Ultrafast electron diffraction of optically-excited metamaterials view more  Credit: Kathrin Mohler, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Physicists from the University of Konstanz, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) and the University of Regensburg have successfully demonstrated that ultrashort electron pulses experience a quantum mechanical phase shift through their interaction with light waves in nanophotonic materials, which can uncover the nanomaterials’
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IMAGE: The patented ‘Respite’ nebuliser uses high-frequency sound waves to precisely deliver drugs to the lungs. view more  Credit: RMIT University Researchers have revealed how high-frequency sound waves can be used to build new materials, make smart nanoparticles and even deliver drugs to the lungs for painless, needle-free vaccinations. While sound waves have been part of
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This Star Wars: The Mandalorian article contains spoilers. No character captured the spotlight in last week’s episode of The Mandalorian quite like Admiral Jeff Blue-Jeans, who literally stole the scene when an eagle-eyed viewer caught him in the background of an action sequence in “The Siege.” If you missed it the first time around, the
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VIRTUAL MEETING (CST), November 22, 2020 –They burst out of toilet bubbles, swim across drinking water, spread through coughs. Tiny infectious microbes–from the virus that causes COVID-19 to waterborne bacteria–kill millions of people around the world each year. Now engineers are studying how zinc oxide surfaces and natural hydrodynamic churning have the power to kill
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IMAGE: Visualization of quantum dots in bilayer graphene using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy reveals a three-fold symmetry. In this three-dimensional image, the peaks represent sites of high amplitude in the… view more  Credit: Zhehao Ge, Frederic Joucken, and Jairo Velasco Jr. Trapping and controlling electrons in bilayer graphene quantum dots yields a promising platform for
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IMAGE: Faster, smaller, smarter and more energy-efficient chips for everything from consumer electronics to big data to brain-inspired computing could soon be on the way after engineers at The University of… view more  Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin. Faster, smaller, smarter and more energy-efficient chips for everything from consumer electronics
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From The Assistant to Ride Your Wave, check out the most underrated movies of 2020 so far. “Every year there are movies everyone hears about. Those are your Marvel films and your Oscar players. But what about the films that fly under the radar? The foreign favorites that never crack the mainstream? The studio releases
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IMAGE: Nanophotonic integration for simultaneously controlling a large number of quantum mechanical spins in nanodiamonds. view more  Credit: P. Schrinner/AG Schuck Using modern nanotechnology, it is possible nowadays to produce structures which have a feature sizes of just a few nanometres. This world of the most minute particles – also known as quantum systems – makes
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IMAGE: Enlarged prototype of biosensor lens with reservoirs. view more  Credit: Khademhosseini Lab (LOS ANGELES) – Human bodily fluids and secretions contain molecules known as biomarkers that contain a wealth of information about the body’s health and the presence of disease. Among secretions such as tears, sweat and saliva, tears are considered the best source of
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This FARGO review contains spoilers. Fargo Season 4 Episode 10 Fargo did itself a disservice with last week’s episode. By successfully presenting a small-scale, mostly self-contained story, it’s made this season’s sprawl and lack of focus more obvious. “Happy” is the penultimate episode of the season which means the season’s many threads need to start
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The recent announcement that the three-decades-awaited film follow-up, Coming 2 America, will bypass its theatrical release plans to stream on Amazon Prime Video may not have been surprising in a 2020 world, but it was indicative of an intriguing trend for the comedy genre that predates the pandemic. The Paramount-hailing, Eddie Murphy-starring sequel’s December 18
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This year marks a unique Thanksgiving, to be sure. With the pandemic carrying on, families and loved ones across the United States are testing out new ways to celebrate a national holiday that might be best described as food, football, and then, of course, more food. For some that means outdoor gatherings are the order
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Well ain’t that some sh*t? Marvel Studios has put Ryan Reynolds‘ Deadpool 3 into pre-production, with the Merc with a Mouth continuing his filthy ways at the Mouse House. Confirmation of this comes with the announcement of Deadpool 3 hiring sisters Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneaux-Loeglin (via Deadline) as the screenwriters of the new film.
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IMAGE: (upper) Illustration of new high-throughput process for making ordered through-hole membranes out of titania. (lower left) Scanning electron micrograph of titania through-hole membrane. (lower right) Cross-sectional scanning electron micrograph of… view more  Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have realized high-throughput production of thin, ordered through-hole membranes of titanium
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