A team of engineers at North Carolina State University has designed a polymer “Chinese lantern” that can rapidly snap into multiple stable 3D shapes—including a lantern, a spinning top, and more—by ...

In this tutorial, we take a deep dive into the capabilities of Zarr, a library designed for efficient storage & manipulation of large, multidimensional arrays. We begin by exploring the basics, ...

A MXene can be imagined as a cheeseburger with two to nine atomic layers. Credit: Purdue University/Devynn Leatherman-May, Brian C. Wyatt, and Babak Anasori. Scientists have taken a big step forward ...

Researchers used a high-speed spatial light modulator, shaping laser beams to trap and rearrange the atoms in 2D, 3D patterns. (Representational image)MNG/Boulder Daily/Boris SV Scientists in China ...

Character.AI, a leading platform for chatting and roleplaying with AI-generated characters, unveiled its forthcoming video generation model, AvatarFX, on Tuesday. Available in closed beta, the model ...

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a breakthrough technique called vdW squeezing to create large, stable, atomically thin 2D metals at angstrom-scale thickness. This ...

A team of researchers have pioneered the use of a new device to continually “twist” the angle between atomically thin layered materials with “unprecedented flexibility and accuracy” — a development ...

A new technology to continuously place individual atoms exactly where they are needed could lead to new materials for devices that address critical needs for the field of quantum computing and ...

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