Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Oct 15, 2024
Brain neurons exhibit far more sophisticated and powerful information-processing capabilities than the simple integrators commonly modeled in neuromorphic computing. A biological neuron can in fact efficiently perform Boolean algebra, including linea...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Oct 14, 2024
In robotics, particularly for autonomous navigation and human-robot collaboration, the significance of unconventional imaging techniques and efficient data processing capabilities is paramount. The unstructured environments encountered by robots, cou...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Sep 24, 2024
Hybrid nanostructures between biomolecules and inorganic nanomaterials constitute a largely unexplored field of research, with the potential for novel applications in bioimaging, biosensing, and nanomedicine. Developing such applications relies criti...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Sep 23, 2024
Thrombosis is a significant threat to human health. However, the existing clinical treatment methods have limitations. Magnetic soft matter is used in the biomedical field for years, and ferromagnetic liquids exhibit tunable stiffness and on-demand m...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Sep 12, 2024
Cephalopod skins evolve multiple functions in response to environmental adaptation, encompassing nonlinear mechanoreponse, damage tolerance property, and resistance to seawater. Despite tremendous progress in skin-mimicking materials, the integration...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Sep 10, 2024
The pioneering work on liposomes in the 1960s and subsequent research in controlled drug release systems significantly advances the development of nanocarriers (NCs) for drug delivery. This field is evolved to include a diverse array of nanocarriers ...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Sep 9, 2024
Miniature robots are untethered actuators, which have great prospects to transform targeted drug delivery because they can potentially deliver high concentrations of medicine to the disease site(s) with minimal complications. However, existing miniat...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Aug 11, 2024
Electronic skins (E-Skins) are crucial for future robotics and wearable devices to interact with and perceive the real world. Prior research faces challenges in achieving comprehensive tactile perception and versatile functionality while keeping syst...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Aug 1, 2024
Hydrogels find widespread applications in biomedicine because of their outstanding biocompatibility, biodegradability, and tunable material properties. Hydrogels can be chemically functionalized or reinforced to respond to physical or chemical stimul...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Jun 7, 2024
Biological organisms exhibit phenomenal adaptation through morphology-shifting mechanisms including self-amputation, regeneration, and collective behavior. For example, reptiles, crustaceans, and insects amputate their own appendages in response to t...