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Read article: Novel ‘glassy gel’ materials are strong yet stretchable
Glassy gels that can stretch up to five times their original length could find use in areas ranging from batteries to adhesives
Read article: New diffractive camera hides images from view
Technology based on diffractive optical process offers alternative to traditional encryption
Read article: Sliding ferroelectrics offer fast, fatigue-free switching
Two new studies show that unconventional ferroelectric materials can endure many switching cycles without losing their ferroelectric properties
Read article: Revised calibration curve improves radiocarbon dating of ancient Kyrenia shipwreck
Researchers have placed tighter constraints on the age of the Kyrenia Ship that sank off the coast of Cyprus in the 3rd century BCE
Read article: New titanium:sapphire laser is tiny, low-cost and tuneable
Energy efficient and integrated device is pumped by an LED
Read article: Satellites burning up in the atmosphere may deplete Earth’s ozone layer
Pollution from decommissioned satellites re-entering the atmosphere poses a risk to the Earth’s protective ozone layer
Read article: Shapeshifting organism uses ‘cellular origami’ to extend to 30 times its body length
Researchers discover a new geometric mechanism previously unknown in biology
Read article: Classical models of gravitational field show flaws close to the Earth
New gravitational field model quantifies the "divergence problem" identified in 2022
Read article: Waffle-shaped solar evaporator delivers durable desalination
A novel solar distiller design prevents salt crystallization to provide cost-effective and durable water purification
Read article: Liquid crystals generate entangled photon pairs
Technique gives greater control and flexibility over entanglement
