New manufacturing method builds tougher materials that were previously considered useless for twisting light into more robust optical devices.

Soft materials and magnetic fields enable a new generation of dexterous, fast-moving microrobotic joints for complex object manipulation tasks.

An amino acid found in chicken feathers and skin tissue could be the key to limiting the side effects of chemotherapy.

Physicists have made a flat lens of only three atoms thick which relies on quantum effects. This type of lens could be used in future augmented reality glasses.

A light-activated antitumor drug could inspire new cancer treatments that have minimal side effects.

Researchers controlled cation transit across a nanopore membrane using a gate electrode, enabling tunable cation-selective transport for osmotic energy generation.