Inspired by the shape-shifting skin of octopuses, Penn State researchers developed a smart hydrogel that can change ...

Researchers at Penn State have developed a new fabrication method that allows a programmable ...

With possible applications in information encryption and adaptive camouflage, the material is a programmable hydrogel film, ...

Despite the prevalence of synthetic materials across different industries and scientific fields, most are developed to serve ...

Synthetic materials are widely used across science, engineering, and industry, but most are designed to perform only a narrow range of tasks. A ...

Just a few years ago, many researchers in quantum computing thought it would take several decades to develop machines that ...

Since the computer age began, storing and securing escalating data volumes has been a headache. But that problem could potentially be solved using DNA.

For decades, world-class media relied on fixed systems – specialised hardware, co-located teams and linear workflows. Those ...

Machine learning redesigns microscopic web sensors to be five times more flexible than nature-inspired versions, enabling detection of masses as small as trillionths of a gram.

Engineered DNA can store massive amounts of data while also encrypting it, opening the door to ultra-secure, long-term ...