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By Lisa McDonald / January 24, 2024

All-glass metalens, bulky additives stabilize perovskites, and other materials stories that may be of interest for January 24, 2024.

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By Lisa McDonald / December 6, 2023

Recycling concrete using graphene, limestone putty nanogenerator, and other materials stories that may be of interest for December 6, 2023.

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Video: Ensuring water access in arid environments—pilot fog catcher system simultaneously collects and cleans water

By Lisa McDonald / September 6, 2023

Fog catching provides people living in dry but foggy areas with a stable water source. But air pollution can make the collected water unsafe for use unless it is treated. Researchers led by ETH Zurich developed a system for simultaneously harvesting and cleaning the water collected from fog nets.

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By Lisa McDonald / August 23, 2023

Understanding nanoscale gaps, hidden structures below dark side of moon, and other materials stories that may be of interest for August 24, 2023.

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Self-sufficient glucose monitoring system successfully manages diabetes in mice

By Lisa McDonald / April 21, 2023

Continuous glucose monitoring systems can help alleviate the mental burden of diabetes management, but there are limitations to powering current systems. Researchers at ETH Zurich developed a self-sufficient glucose monitoring system that not only registers excess glucose but initiates the release of insulin into the blood. They successfully tested the device in mice.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / April 5, 2023

Glucose-run fuel cell powers insulin release, ‘mind-controlled’ robots, and other materials stories that may be of interest for April 5, 2023.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / December 21, 2022

Graphene nanotube synthesis, space solar power beaming, and other materials stories that may be of interest for December 21, 2022.

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By Lisa McDonald / November 30, 2022

How 2D materials expand, print microchip patterns on curvy surfaces, and other materials stories that may be of interest for November 30, 2022.

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Direct ink writing opens the door to complex-shaped objects with isotropic structural color

By Lisa McDonald / September 2, 2022

Structural color is a more durable and less hazardous alternative to conventional pigments, but the angle-dependence of the color limits its broader application in synthetic systems. Researchers at ETH Zurich proposed a 3D printing process to create complex-shaped objects with angle-independent “isotropic” structural color generated from photonic colloidal glasses.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / July 21, 2021

New graphene superconductivity mechanism, disease-detecting breathalyzers, and other materials stories that may be of interest for July 21, 2021.

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