Editor's Choice: Molecular deliveries, muonic x-rays & vaccine hesitancy

Molecular robots work cooperatively in swarms, LED lights made from rice husk, Muonic x-rays safely see inside samples, Making a luminescent material shine brighter and How to counter vaccine hesitancy, Read all in the May Editor's Choice and this month's Asia Research News 2022 magazine pick - Absorbing impact: Inside the Head of a Woodpecker.
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Molecular robots work cooperatively in swarms

The world's first micro-sized machines deliver cargo utilizing the advantages of swarming. This short video explains how the robots work.
Available with English or Japanese subtitles.

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LED lights made from rice husk

Researchers developed a scalable method to recycle rice husks to create the first silicon quantum dot LED light.

100 million tons

Muonic x-rays safely see inside samples


Technologies originally designed for high-energy particle accelerators and astronomy observations are helping researchers detect the elemental makeup of sensitive samples without damaging them.
 

Making a luminescent material shine brighter

A flexible material lights up brightly when stretched and/or when an electric field is applied.

Interactive skin displays + soft robotics


How to counter vaccine hesitancy

A new report from the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) highlights practical recommendations for improving the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines.

Read here

Absorbing impact: Inside the Head of a Woodpecker

Inspired by the woodpecker’s ability to strike trees with its beak rapidly and repeatedly without injury, engineers in Malaysia have used computer simulations to find ways to improve the design of composite beams used in impact-prone structures. 

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