Worm-Inspired Tough Materials
Scientists mimic a worm’s lethal jaw to design and form resilient materials.
Scientists mimic a worm’s lethal jaw to design and form resilient materials.
Scientists demonstrated that powerful acids heal certain structural defects in synthetic films.
Novel engineered polymers assemble buckyballs into columns using a conventional coating process.
Novel observations suggest a great potential of measuring global gross primary production via solar-induced fluorescence.
First demonstration of high-pressure metastability mapping with ultrafast X-ray diffraction shows objects aren’t as large as previously thought.
Exotic material exhibits an optical response in enormous disproportion to the stimulus—larger than in any known crystal.
Multiple plausible hypotheses in how maximum photosynthetic rates scale across the Earth lead to substantial variability in predicting carbon uptake.
Chemical genomic-guided engineering of gamma-valerolactone-tolerant yeast.
Certain species of trees retain stored water, limit root growth to survive three months without water.
Researchers bring extreme conditions to a supercomputer and discover new insights about our solar system and beyond.
Intuitive visual analytical model better explains complex architectural scenarios and offers general design principles.
Supercomputer simulations predict how E. coli adapts to environmental stresses.