Scientists are finding new ways to replace expensive, scarce platinum catalysts with something far more abundant: tungsten ...

A research team affiliated with UNIST has reported a novel synthesis strategy that enables the direct intercalation of a wide ...

Important everyday products—from plastics to detergents—are made through chemical reactions that mostly use precious metals such as platinum as catalysts. Scientists have been searching for more ...

Abstract: The terahertz (THz) waves have broad application prospects in communication, imaging, detection, and other fields. Achieving arbitrary control of THz waves is key to advancing THz technology ...

Having the right camouflage on the front line can make a huge difference. If our soldiers are able to detect and locate an ...

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Some octopuses have incredible camouflaging abilities. Victor Micallef via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Octopuses and cuttlefish are sneaky sea creatures. To hide from predators and surprise ...

A panel of seven images with a scale of 100 μm shows a surface gradually changing from solid orange through pink, purple with pink dots, and green with purple dots to a final pattern of green dots on ...

Octopus and cuttlefish are masters of disguise. Many species can rapidly change both the color and the texture of their skin – an ability that scientists have long sought to replicate with synthetic ...

Abstract: We propose an optical tunable metasurface based on an array of silicon nanobars and a phase change material layer. The device can achieve a wide phase modulation range (~ 2 rad) with low ref ...

BERLIN, Md. - A souvenir penny from Berlin may look like a simple keepsake, but it now represents a bigger shift happening at cash registers nationwide. The U.S. Mint has ended production of the ...