Contact electrification of solutions: beyond neutrality
Water was previously thought to be electrically neutral. Here, Qingming Ma & Xiaoxiong Wang et al. from QDU found that charge transfer exists in aqueous two-phase systems and a new type of liquid-liquid nanogenerator was designed, which inspires new areas of electric research in water alone.
Entanglement is more than transitive
In science we are often concerned with the relation between a whole and its parts. In quantum physics, this is manifest in the problem of detecting global many-body entanglement from marginal information. But can the knowledge of some parts also be used to reveal new information about another part?
Ferroelectricity modulates polaronic coupling at multiferroic interfaces
Soft X-ray angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy is employed here to record the band structure of buried multiferroic interfaces where ferroelectric-induced charge modulation propagates into tunable electron-phonon interaction.
Fitness to fly - Travel to Mars
Advances in space technology mean space travel will become more common for tourists as spaceflight passengers and for people looking to set up bases to explore the Moon and Mars. But can we study how space tourists, potentially with age and lifestyle-related chronic conditions will fare in space?
Cells shift shapes to crawl faster in gooey fluids than in watery ones
By staring at movies of cell migration for hours, we realized cells have a mechanosensor, membrane ruffles, to test viscosity and trigger adaptation
