Polymer nanoparticles trap pollutants, then clump together under UV light for easier clean-up
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Stretchy Wearable Speakers
Liquid metal microchannel makes a thin, flexible speaker for wearable electronic devices
Tracking Phosphorus Sources
Isotopic signatures give clues to the sources of phosphorus contamination in water supplies
Not Safe for Storage
Ettringite immobilizes toxic and radioactive species in cement, but releases them again with a little heat
Giving Liposomes the Shock Treatment
Proteoliposomes break apart in water and re-form as giant unilamellar vesicles
Revealing Hidden Messages Using Strain – or Vodka
Patterns imprinted on photonic crystal films appear when the films are stretched or soaked
The Elusive Hydrangea Blue
Blue food colorings are notoriously unstable: researchers identify structural information of the hydrangea blue pigment
What Makes Teeth Tough?
Crack resistance in human tooth dentin may come from mineral nanoparticles with residual strain
Particles Ride on Magnetic Carpets
Magnetic fields propel and steer cargo-carrying colloidal sheets leading to efficient cargo transport
Light Reduces a Chromium Hazard
Stopped-flow process sheds light on the photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI)