The amount of stress a material can withstand before it cracks is critical information when designing aircraft, spacecraft, and other structures. Aerospace engineers used machine learning for the first time to predict stress in copper at the atomic scale.
Researchers have developed an indicator that changes color when exposed to rising levels of alkaline phosphatase - an enzyme that forecasts phytoplankton's exponential growth. This change can be detected by the naked eye or a smartphone.
Determining spin quantization axis, an essential element for fabricating spintronic devices, in 2D topological insulator WTe2 by measuring anisotropic magnetoresistance.
Researchers have figured out a way to speed up production of wearable, electronic sensorswithout having to use polymer binders - the industry standard in printing flexible sensors, which are often used to monitor vital signs in health care settings.
In order for medicines to be effective, researchers need precise information about the surface molecules of viruses or bacteria, for example. Often, the motion of the atoms of these molecules is neglected while developing medicines. But this can have consequences for its effectiveness. A team of researchers is working on software that incorporates such motions.
