Nanofluidic devices are attracting more and more attention due to their unique features: ions as carriers, which makes them highly biocompatible. However, it is still unclear how the ion transport influences the devices’ performance and how the multimodal nanofluidic devices are fabricated within the same architecture. Here, an innovative approach by a team from Southern University of Science and Technology has demonstrated that it is the comparison between the interionic distance and the Bjerrum length which governs the ionic states and thus the electrical responses. These findings pave the way towards more complex nanofluidic devices and circuits.

Hawaii faces economic and logistical challenges for dealing with plastic waste, including marine debris that lingers in its ocean waters. Researchers are pioneering a method to recycle the islands’ derelict fishing nets and plastic trash into asphalt roads. Demonstrations on Oahu show that adding recycled materials may provide an end-of-life fate for the region’s garbage, leading to less-polluted oceans. The researchers will present their results at ACS Spring 2026.

Previous measurements of lightning on Jupiter were from dark-side optical observations and yielded conflicting conclusions about the power they release. A UC Berkeley scientist used new data from Juno’s microwave detector to calculate the power in 613 pulses, concluding they range from Earth size to hundreds of times Earth’s bolts, and perhaps even greater. The strength helps to understand convection on the planet, which creates long-lasting storm clouds 10 times higher than those on Earth.