New production method for carbon nanotubes gets green light
Credit: Energy Safety Research Institute, Swansea University A new method of producing carbon nanotubes - tiny molecules with incredible physical ...
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New method gives robust transistors
Transmorphic epitaxial growth of AlN nucleation layers on SiC substrates for high-breakdown thin GaN transistorsCredit: Magnus Johansson A new method ...
Physicist Georg Woltersdorf appointed Max Planck Fellow — research project on spintronics
Credit: Marco Warmuth/TGZ Halle Professor Georg Woltersdorf, head of the Optics Group at the Institute of Physics at Martin Luther ...
Scientists make breakthrough in ion-conducting composite membranes
Credit: DAI Qing Chinese researchers under the direction of Profs. LI Xianfeng and ZHANG Huamin from the Dalian Institute of ...
Utilizing relativistic effects for laser fusion: A new approach for clean power
Activating relativistic effects of intense laser light in plasma, researchers at Osaka University test a new method for achieving consistent ...
Exploring the ‘dark side’ of a single-crystal complex oxide thin film
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Analysis from a team led by Argonne researchers reveals never-before-seen details about a type of thin ...
Moving domain walls induce losses in superconductor/ferromagnet hybrid systems
Credit: The University of Jyväskylä/ Mihail Silaev Physicist have shown that the motion of domain walls can be detected by ...
Power dressing
The mechanical and thermoelectrical self-healing process of the composite film. Wearable electronics could be perpetually powered by stretchy, self-mending materials ...
Researchers use remote sensing to estimate nitrogen deposition in North China
Credit: Zhen Wang Northern China, a hotspot of air pollution, has always been an area of great interest to study ...
Researchers create nanoscale sensors to better see how high pressure affects materials
Credit: Photo by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - Researchers have developed new nanoscale technology to image and measure ...
Laser pulse creates frequency doubling in amorphous dielectric material
Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech Researchers have demonstrated a new all-optical technique for creating robust second-order nonlinear effects in materials ...
Task force recommends changes to increase African-American physics and astronomy students
Report focuses on five factors, includes recommendations for changeCredit: AIP WASHINGTON, January 5, 2020 -- Due to long-term and systemic ...
Sublimation, not melting: Graphene surprises researchers again
Credit: MIPT Physicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the Institute for High Pressure Physics of the ...
The case of the elusive Majorana: The so-called ‘angel particle’ is still a mystery
Credit: Cui-zu Chang, Penn State A 2017 report of the discovery of a particular kind of Majorana fermion--the chiral Majorana ...
Clusters of gold atoms form peculiar pyramidal shape
Credit: KU Leuven Clusters composed of a few atoms tend to be spherical. They are usually organized in shells of ...
Color superlensing to assist in surpassing diffraction barrier
A paper by Kazan Federal University's Sergey Kharintsev appeared in Optics LettersCredit: Kazan Federal University The research was supported by ...
Tests measure solar panel performance beyond established standards
In a series of tests over five years, key parameters in solar panel performance were measured, producing data for better ...
A quantum breakthrough brings a technique from astronomy to the nano-scale
Multi-messenger approach allows scientists to probe electronic and magnetic materials at ultra-small length scalesCredit: Ella Maru Studio Researchers at Columbia ...
Stanford researchers build a particle accelerator that fits on a chip
Just as desktop PCs acquired some of the functions performed by room-sized mainframes, a Stanford team has prototyped a silicon ...
Ten not-to-be-missed PPPL stories from 2019 — plus a triple bonus!
Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications Arms control robots, a new national facility, and accelerating the drive to ...
