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The high temperatures required to synthesize electronic materials make it challenging to process such materials directly on flexible or stretchable substrates. A newly developed technique allows for the transfer of electronic materials without damage.

Scientists describe three new, but long-extinct, walnut species on an island above the Arctic Circle. The fossils were discovered further north than any known walnut species, living or extinct.

Ruddlesden-Popper compounds are a class of materials with a special layered structure that makes them interesting for many applications. Researchers have now developed a pathway that has enabled them to manufacture nitride materials that crystallize in the Ruddlesden-Popper structural type.

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has been used to test for asbestos in samples for decades, but TEM can be expensive. Now, researchers have determined that scanning electron microscopy can achieve results comparable to TEM.

Many municipal landfills “burp” gas from decomposing organic matter rather than letting it build up. And burps from buried waste containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) can release these “forever chemicals” into the air.

Engineers develop concrete made with carbonated solution to sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) from atmosphere. Resulting concrete is just as strong and durable as regular concrete.

A research team from the University of Jena has developed a small optical lens, only a few millimetres in size, whose refractive behaviour changes in the presence of gas.

In a new study, some trace elements measured in ovarian follicular fluid were associated with differences in ovarian response to in vitro fertilization (IVF), which in turn, may affect the chance of getting pregnant.

New research has used the patterns formed by a dried salt solution to train a machine learning algorithm to identify the chemical composition of different salts.

Eindhoven researchers have developed a soft robotic ‘hand’ made from liquid crystals and graphene that could be used to design future surgical robots. The new work has just been published in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.