Chemistry
A new “spin” on ergodicity breaking
In a recent Science paper, researchers led by JILA and NIST Fellow Jun Ye, along with collaborators JILA and NIST Fellow David...
Acoustic emission monitoring technique, an essential way to analyze pulsed laser processing
Acoustic emission (AE) monitoring is used to reveal the interaction mechanisms in pulsed laser processing of float glass. Circular ablated...
Auburn University hosts the 60th edition of the Renowned Computational Biophysics Workshop
AUBURN, AL – In July, as many enjoyed the hot weather at Alabama's gulf coast beaches, in the Leach Science...
Demon Hunting: Physicists confirm 67-year-old prediction of massless, neutral composite particle
In 1956, theoretical physicist David Pines predicted that electrons in a solid can do something strange. While they normally have...
Study observes sudden acceleration of flow, generates new boundary layer
In an experiment on how turbulent boundary layers respond to acceleration in the flow around them, aerospace engineers at the...
We finally know why quantum ‘strange metals’ are so strange
For nearly 40 years, materials called ‘strange metals’ have flummoxed quantum physicists, defying explanation by operating outside the normal rules...
New study offers information on bone regeneration and osteoporosis in the light of evolution
A new study of the PhyloBone project of the University of Turku, Finland, identifies hundreds of non-collagenous proteins in the...
Scientists use FAST to discover a new population of ‘dwarf’ pulses
Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), a research team led by Prof. HAN Jinlin from the National Astronomical...
Universal linear processing of spatially incoherent light through diffractive optical networks
Information processing with light is a topic of ever-increasing interest among optics and photonics researchers. Apart from the quest for...
Accelerating discovery in artificial intelligence for science
What if artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to spur discovery in areas such as biotechnology, drug discovery and fluid...
Visualizing the microscopic phases of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene
A Princeton University-led team of scientists has imaged the precise microscopic underpinnings responsible for many quantum phases observed in a...
CCNY scientists trap light inside a magnet
A new study led by Vinod M. Menon and his group at the City College of New York shows that...
Long-lived quantum state points the way to solving a mystery in radioactive nuclei
Long-lived quantum state points the way to solving a mystery in radioactive nucleiCredit: Gary Hollenhead, Toby King and Adam Malin/ORNL,...
What role do dust storms play in the world’s climate?
Giant dust storms in the Gulf of Alaska can last for many days and send tonnes of fine sediment or...
Oceans release microplastics into the atmosphere
Microplastic particles are present in the marine atmosphere even in remote parts of the world. These tiny particles come from...
Switching ‘spin’ on and off (and up and down) in quantum materials at room temperature
Researchers have found a way to control the interaction of light and quantum ‘spin’ in organic semiconductors, that works even...
Layered and traditional semiconductors heterogenous integration open door for post Moore era
Scientists in NEXT Lab, Tsinghua University have revealed the fabrication and engineering techniques of TMDs and provided a comparative view...
Cleaning water with ‘smart rust’ and magnets (video)
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16, 2023 — Pouring flecks of rust into water usually makes it dirtier. But researchers have developed...
Sugars affect brain ‘plasticity,’ helping with learning, memory, recovery
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16, 2023 — Can you recognize someone you haven’t seen in years, but forget what you had...
£7 million award for quantum engineering of energy-efficient organic smart materials
A world leading team of scientists has been awarded over £7M to develop radically new disruptive organic materials for everything...
