Switch and stick (w/video)

The chemical element gallium could be used as a new reversible adhesive that allows its adhesive effect to be switched on and off with ease.

Chemists add color to chemical reactions

Chemists have come up with an innovative new way to visualize and monitor chemical reactions in real time.

Scientists create novel 'liquid wire' material inspired by spiders' capture silk (w/video)

Researchers studied the details of this 'liquid wire' technique in spiders' webs and used it to create composite fibres in the laboratory which, just like the spider's capture silk, extend like a solid and compress like a liquid.

How repeated spot microdischarges damage microdevices

New study blames temperature increase on locally reoccurring discharges in microelectronic devices.

Mille-feuille nanofilter removes viruses from water

The sheet, made of cellulose nanofibers, is called the mille-feuille filter as it has a unique layered internal architecture resembling that of the French puff pastry mille-feuille.

The proof is in the pudding

Three researchers devised an experiment to measure the relationship between disorder and metastability in a granular material.

Solar cells of the future could be based on iron molecules (w/video)

Researchers have successfully explained how iron-based dyes work on a molecular level in solar cells. The new findings will accelerate the development of inexpensive and environmentally friendly solar cells.

Fine tuning phosphorous heterocycle materials for organic electronics

This method that enables fine tuning of the electronic properties of certain phosphorous heterocycles compounds for applications including fabrication of organic electronics and hydrogen fluoride sensors.