P.R. Venkat is a Real Time Editor overseeing coverage of Asian equities and money markets for Dow Jones out of Singapore. Follow him on Twitter at @byvenkat. He can be reached at Venkat.PR@wsj.com.

Soft materials filled with microbubbles flex when exposed to ultrasound — forming the basis of wireless devices that can be made to pass through organs such as the intestine.

Electrolyte design aims to promote ion association (the complexation of cations and anions) to boost lithium-ion battery performance, but safety remains a concern. Now, researchers show that ion ...

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