This post collects links to other interesting news that we have considered but not included in our regular news this week.
Polymers that crawl like worms: How materials can develop direction without being told where to go
The ultra-high-energy neutrino may have begun its journey in blazars
Less trippy, more therapeutic ‘magic mushrooms’
How to make magnets act like graphene
Into the heart of a dynamical neutron star
Johns Hopkins scientists engineer nanoparticles able to seek and destroy diseased immune cells
Sydney researchers build ultra-compact AI chip operating at speed of light
‘Sea creature’ minibot hoovers up oil spills
Rice scientists unveil new tool to watch quantum behavior in action
In search of the room temperature superconductor: international team formulates research agenda
Nanosecond light-by-light switching achieved in liquid crystal droplet
Cells build diversity like Lego®: scientists uncover new behavior of antioxidant enzymes
New research reveals how development and sex shape the brain
Researchers develop new way to safely insert gene-sized DNA into the genome
How the brain charts emotion in a map-like way
Massive-scale spatial multiplexing with 3D-printed photonic lanterns achieved by researchers
Building protection against infectious diseases with nanostructured vaccines
New stimulation method builds on focused ultrasound research
New photonic device, developed by MIT researchers, efficiently beams light into free space
Vision sensing for intelligent driving: technical challenges and innovative solutions
Printing living tissue at human-level cell density
Standard model of particle physics verified to one trillionth accuracy
Improving AI models’ ability to explain their predictions
Simulations suggest a breakthrough in understanding how turbulence develops