30+ min ago  (450+ words) Danqing Liu explores how interactions with digital systems can be improved through the sense of touch. To achieve this, she develops advanced liquid crystal polymers that respond to light. Her work has recently been published in two internationally recognized scientific…...

18+ min ago  (465+ words) Silver Enables the Design: A 5-micrometer silver-carbon layer suppresses dendrites and allows Samsung's compact "anode-less" architecture. Performance Leap: The technology targets 900 Wh/L, 600-mile range, and 9-minute fast charging, roughly double current lithium-ion density. 2027 Timeline: Mass production is targeted for…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago  (371+ words) where Fu and Fs" denote the integrated fluorescence emission intensities of the unknown and standard, respectively; ODs and ODu" are the corresponding optical densities at the excitation wavelength; ns, and nu" represent the refractive indices of the media for the…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago  (34+ words) Nature Reviews Chemistry (2026) Cite this article Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel Correspondence to Maria Kaeek. Version of record: 09 July 2026 Nature Reviews Chemistry (Nat Rev Chem)...

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9+ hour, 6+ min ago  (827+ words) With a keen intuition for emerging technologies, The Neuron brings over 5 years of deep expertise to the AI conversation. Coming from roots in software engineering, they've witnessed firsthand the transformation from traditional computing paradigms to today's ML-powered landscape. Their hands-on…...

2+ hour, 10+ min ago  (1034+ words) They are found in everything from the growing number of e-bikes on California's roads to electric lawn mowers and leaf blowers in backyards, and even in portable power stations used on camping trips that can provide electricity when home outages…...

2+ hour, 42+ min ago  (384+ words) On 9 July 2026, a Japanese research team reported a potential solution in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, which the journal selected as a Hot Paper. Using a newly developed catalyst and hydrogen gas, they selectively broke down polyurethane (PU) in mixed plastic…...

5+ hour, 31+ min ago  (168+ words) " First detection of hot cores in a supernova remnant " image: Artist's impression of a hot core"a warm cocoon of molecular gas surrounding a newborn star"discovered in a supernova remnant. Blue represents high-energy regions produced by the supernova explosion,…...

3+ hour, 52+ min ago  (560+ words) Published 2: 00 pm Thursday, July 9, 2026 By Staff Red Deer Advocate A slope collapse behind a Blissful Beach property on Sylvan Lake has raised concerns that other properties could be in danger. The landslide happened on June 23 and sent trees and tonnes…...