New laws of attraction: Scientists print magnetic liquid droplets

Revolutionary material could lead to 3D-printable magnetic liquid devices for the fabrication of flexible electronics, or artificial cells that deliver targeted drug therapies to diseased cells.

Confined nanoscale sound controls light in a microresonator

Researchers demonstrate a semiconductor device for the tailored generation of Brillouin signals in the ultrahigh 100GHz-THz regime.

Ultra-soft, liquid magnetic droplets could vault technology forward

Researchers say magnetic field control of floating drops, like Harry Potter's wand, not magic anymore.

Adding a polymer stabilizes collapsing metal-organic frameworks

Porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have many applications like carbon capture and water-cleaning. However, MOFs with large pores tend to collapse. Chemists and chemical engineers have now solved the problem by adding small amounts of a polymer into the MOF pores, an act that impedes pore collapse.

Researchers have demonstrated a single-molecule heat conductor

New study measures thermal conductance through a single molecule.