A major leap forward for 3D printing 🐸. Scientists have advanced grayscale digital light printing, combining resin with AI optimization. The result: programmable strength and shock absorption, ideal for artificial cartilage repair or robotics. 👉

Your ear has 3 secret sound highways 🎧. @MarianneLiebi and team mapped them in 3D, using an upgraded X-ray Scattering Tensor Tomography system. The collagen and mineral structures inside the incus bone likely guide vibrations for efficient hearing. 👉

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Turning cottonseed waste into stretchable electronics 🌱. This reusable gel ink from cottonseed by-products can be 3D-printed onto fabrics to create flexible, conductive and biodegradable circuits - ideal for wearables and soft robotics. 👉

Spotlight on a true science success story! 🚀 . In 2023, researchers found that nitric oxide modulation could reverse autism-like behaviors. That discovery marked the beginning of @NeuroNOS, now planning their first-in-human trials for 2026. 👉

Precision meets speed ⚡. Xolography, a volumetric 3D printing method, can now achieve complex nanoscale precision (<100 nm) in a one-step process - expanding the design space for functional nanomaterials. @NanoMed_UNSW. Read more:

Freezing temps? No problem for this new plastic!❄️. Not only ultra-tough and impact-resistant down to −196 °C, it is also self-healing and recyclable. The ideal sustainable, high-performance cryo-material!. Read more:

Small, soft, stretchable, and smart! 🤓. New multiphoton inks from @EvaBlascoPo and her team combine ultra-soft, stretchable 3D structures with high resolution printing and multi-responsive behaviour - ideal for soft robotics, and bio applications. 👉

Quantum anomalies may power future tech, and signs of them are emerging in topological materials. That's one of the key messages presented in this special issue on quantum anomalies in condensed matter led by M.T. Pettes and A. Saxena. 👉

Art at the microscale 🎨. With just one composite & particle size, researchers @ambercentre used photoresist & laser writing to craft 3D nanostructures. The clue: Through fine process control, they can cover the entire visible colour spectrum! 🌈. 👉

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Wireless tech has improved wearables, like in health and VR, but faces new power and connectivity issues. In a special issue organized by Zhuo Li & Jae-Woong Jeong, researchers put together the most recent developments in the skin-mounted electronics🦾.

These textiles can reversibly change shape when exposed to magnetic fields. How? Through digital embroidery of magnetic yarns 🧵. This technique opens up exciting possibilities for wearable tech, soft robotics, and adaptive clothing. Learn more:

Why is the leafcutter bee a top pollinator?🐝. Its genome reveals traits for high pollination efficiency and strong immunity during dormancy, helping survival and boosting its role in agriculture🌻. Check out the study:

This soft robot climbs an overhang like a gecko 🧗‍♂️ and glides like a slug 🐌—all wirelessly, powered by electric fields. How? It's made of an electro-morphing gel (e-MG), a shape-shifting material that bends, stretches, and crawls with no tethered power.

When lasers meet microbubbles 🫧. Scientists are printing anisotropic 1D particles like imogolite clay into rings, lines, or filaments with tuneable optical properties - a fast technique that uses less material and gives high precision. 👉

AI-driven active learning approach helps discover a new cyan-light-emitting phosphor—something not practical via conventional experimentation methods. The phosphor shows stable luminescent properties with potential for LED applications.

Big celebrations happened earlier this week in Korea!🎉. In the stunning Jeju Island, our editors attended the Small Science Symposium celebrating two decades of groundbreaking work of Small brand and big impact in nanoscience and materials research. Happy 20th birthday Small!🎂

Robot fabrication without manual assembly: scientists @UofCalifornia and @BASF use 3D printing and an oscillating valve to fully automate the fabrication of a walking robot. Thanks to its electronics-free design, it moves reliably outdoors and in water.