Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Radio-frequency device maps electric currents in solutions that mimic the heart with enough resolutions to study the subtle aberrations related ...

Extreme high-frequency signals enable terabits-per-second data links

A team, including the man who invented DSL technology, attempted to scale up the original idea to use terahertz frequencies ...

The ERC funds CIC biomaGUNE’s e-DOTS project with a 2.5-million-euro grant

The ERC has awarded one of its prestigious Advanced Grants to the leader of the Carbon Bionanotechnology group and Ikerbasque ...

LANL news: High altitude water Cherenkov Observatory tests speed of light

Ultra-high energy gamma rays from the far reaches of the galaxy provide powerful proof that the predictions of relativity, including ...

Surfing the waves: Electrons break law to go with the flow

Credit: OIST If you see people walking down a street and coming to a junction, it's difficult to predict which ...

Quantum-entangled light from a vibrating membrane

Credit: Ola Joensen Entanglement, a powerful form of correlation among quantum systems, is an important resource for quantum computing. Researchers ...

New explanation for sudden heat collapses in plasmas can help create fusion energy

Credit: Photo and composite by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. Scientists seeking to bring the fusion that powers the sun ...

Argonne and CERN weigh in on the origin of heavy elements

Credit: Argonne National Laboratory A long-held mystery in the field of nuclear physics is why the universe is composed of ...

A new tool for controlling reactions in microrobots and microreactors

UMass Amherst, international team use simple capillary forces to direct aqueous solutionsCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In a new ...

Phage capsid against influenza: Perfectly fitting inhibitor prevents viral infection

Credit: Barth van Rossum / FMP A new approach brings the hope of new therapeutic options for suppressing seasonal influenza ...

APS tip sheet: Untangling neurons with scattered light

New analysis examines light scattering properties in brain tissue to better understand the three-dimensional structure of nerve fibersCredit: Forschungszentrum Jülich ...

Engineers 3D print soft, rubbery brain implants

Technique may enable speedy, on-demand design of softer, safer neural devicesCredit: Courtesy of the researchers The brain is one of ...

Double-walled nanotubes have electro-optical advantages

Rice University calculations show they could be highly useful for solar panelsCredit: Yakobson Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 27, ...

Quantum copycat: Researchers find a new way in which bosons behave like fermions

Credit: Nate Follmer, Penn State Bosons and fermions, the two classes into which all particles--from the sub-atomic to atoms themselves--can ...

Physicist from Hannover develops new photon source for tap-proof communication

New method for generating quantum-entangled photons in a spectral range of light previously inaccessible developedCredit: Michael Kues/PQT An international team ...

Multi-stage deformation process in high-entropy alloys at ultra-low temperatures revealed

Pave the way to design new structural materials with superior mechanical propertiesCredit: © Professor Wang Xunli / City University of ...

Zero-energy bound states in the high-temperature superconductors at 2-dimensional limit

Credit: Wang Jian A quantum computer works based on qubits. By manipulating quantum states to realize specific logical operation, quantum ...

Triple-threat genetic toolkit aids with eco-friendly chemical production