Every week, our team selects and highlights just-published research papers from the literature. Each post includes a short written overview and an infographic that visually summarises the key discoveries.
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[Originally posted on LinkedIn on 3rd October 2025] Smart textiles incorporate electronic devices into a fabric, but if you owned a smart t-shirt how would you care for it? Throw it in the wash? Remove wrinkles by ironing? Fold it away in the cupboard? Creating an electronic fabric that can… Read more
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[Originally posted on LinkedIn on 30th September 2025] Is it possible to play tennis with light? A new paper in Science Advances shows that, with the right equipment, the answer is yes. Using a tiny tennis ball measuring 7 micrometres in diameter, the authors bounced the ball back and forth… Read more
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[Originally posted on LinkedIn on 23rd September 2025] Pollen can fly through air, spreading plant seeds to new locations. But can this behaviour be recreated and controlled to create tiny motorised systems? Inspired by the shape of pollen particles, a new paper in Advanced Materials introduces a new micromotor that… Read more
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[Originally posted on LinkedIn on 16th September 2025] As the Bronze Age transitioned into the Iron Age, a technological division occurred between China and the West. While western blacksmiths worked by hammering hot, solid-state pure iron into desired objects, Chinese smiths cast liquid, carbon-containing iron into a mould to mass-produce… Read more
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[Originally posted on LinkedIn on 12th September 2025] In the winter of 1609, colonists in Jamestown, Virgina, were running out of food, starving and besieged. To survive, they were forced to consume animals brought to the new world and discarded their remains in a well. Now, over 400 years later,… Read more
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[Originally posted on LinkedIn on 5th September 2025] Microplastics are increasingly coming to public attention as harmful contaminants that accumulate in environments and food chains. However, micron-sized particles (1μm – 5 mm) may not be the most concerning type of plastic debris. When microplastics degrade, they form even smaller, nanoscale… Read more
