Why are alloy metal nanoparticles better than monometallic ones for CNT growth?
Revealing a long-term mystery of why certain nanoparticles are more efficient in incorporating carbon atoms and achieving a faster carbon ...
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Space-time metasurface makes light reflect only in one direction
Credit: by Xuexue Guo, Yimin Ding, Yao Duan, and Xingjie Ni Light propagation is usually reciprocal meaning that the trajectory ...
New liquid metal wearable pressure sensor created for health monitoring applications
Credit: KAIST Soft pressure sensors have received significant research attention in a variety of fields, including soft robotics, electronic skin, ...
The Demon in the Machine is named physics book of the year in UKM
Credit: Arizona State University Paul Davies' newest book, The Demon in the Machine, takes aim at one of the great ...
No storm in a teacup — it’s a cyclone on a silicon chip
Credit: Dr. Christopher Baker University of Queensland researchers have combined quantum liquids and silicon-chip technology to study turbulence for the ...
Playing the angles with dramatic effect
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Phase transitions have long been of crucial importance to scientific research. The change from water to ...
This ‘lemon’ could help machine learning create better drugs
Credit: Purdue University/Gaurav Chopra WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - One of the challenges in using machine learning for drug development is ...
Advancing information processing with exceptional points and surfaces
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are exceptional in many respects. ...
Scientists find iron ‘snow’ in Earth’s core
Credit: University of Texas at Austin/Jackson School of Geosciences The Earth's inner core is hot, under immense pressure and snow-capped, ...
Mechanical force as a new way of starting chemical reactions
Credit: Kubota K. et al. Science, December 19, 2019 Researchers have shown mechanical force can start chemical reactions, making them ...
Improving efficiency, effectiveness of security X-ray technology
Researchers propose a spiral array of X-ray detectors to quickly identify contraband without the need for additional screening.Credit: Baozhong Mu ...
New algorithm could mean more efficient, accurate equipment for Army
Credit: Hillsman S. Jackson, Southern Methodist University RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (Dec. 19, 2019) - Researchers working on an Army-funded ...
Tweaks behind the rebirth of nearly discarded organic solar technologies
Credit: Georgia Tech / Branden Camp A solar energy material that is remarkably durable and affordable is regrettably also unusable ...
Paul Ginsparg named winner of the 2020 AIP Karl Compton Medal
Top prize for leadership in physics to be given to Cornell professor for establishing the first online, open-access paper repository ...
Scientists discover first antiferromagnetic topological quantum material
Credit: (c) Anna Isaeva Quantum materials are worldwide in the focus of research activities within diverse sci-entific disciplines. This material ...
Breakthrough innovation enabling cheaper solar energy production is one step closer to the market
Material, synthesised by Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania scientists, which self-assemble to form a molecular-thick electrode layer, presents a ...
Bochum team wins second place in machine-learning competition
Material researchCredit: RUB, Marquard With their algorithm for material-property prediction, Dr. Yury Lysogorskiy and Dr. Thomas Hammerschmidt of the Interdisciplinary ...
Improved 3D nanoprinting technique to build nanoskyscrapers
Simply adding 'table salt' helps to build self-stacked nanoarchitecturesCredit: IBS Nanowalls, nanobridges, nano "jungle gyms": it could seem the description ...
Ultrashort x-ray technique will probe conditions found at the heart of planets
View and download more at: https://imperialcollegelondon.box.com/s/zk4njouzx74f6lqnwczppgkbww358ym7 view more Combining powerful lasers and bright x-rays, Imperial and STFC researchers have demonstrated ...
On-chip light source produces versatile range of wavelengths
Silicon-based device may enable variety of photonic applicationsCredit: Xiyuan Lu, NIST/University of Maryland, inspired by the "Olympic rings. " WASHINGTON ...
