Neural network technique identifies mechanisms of ferroelectric switching
Credit: Joshua C. Agar and Joshua Willey Innovations in material science are as essential to modern life as indoor plumbing ...
Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences
$2.3 million DOE grant to advance ethanol fuel research
Grant supports mathematical modeling of biomass movement in large fermentation facilitiesCredit: Purdue University/Michael Ladisch WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Imagine trying ...
Pinpointing biomolecules with nanometer accuracy
Credit: Tokyo Tech It would be impossible to understand life without having a firm grasp on the microscopic interactions between ...
JILA team demonstrates model system for distribution of more accurate time signals
Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST JILA physicists and collaborators have demonstrated the first next-generation "time scale" -- a system that incorporates data ...
‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas
Credit: Virgil Andrei A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an 'artificial ...
A cavity leads to a strong interaction between light and matter
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics Researchers have succeeded in creating an efficient quantum-mechanical light-matter interface using a microscopic ...
Argonne multidisciplinary team develops probe for battery research: Strength in numbers
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Argonne team develops a powerful technique for probing in three dimensions the crystalline structure of cathode ...
HALO measurement campaign: Climate change in the southern hemisphere
KIT, DLR, FZJ, and the Universities of Mainz and Frankfurt coordinate measurement campaign with the HALO research aircraft to study ...
Porous polymer coatings dynamically control light and heat
New inexpensive, scalable design takes advantage of the optical switchability of porous polymers; could be used for heating, cooling, and ...
Researchers watch quantum knots untie
After first reporting the existence of quantum knots, Aalto University & Amherst College researchers now report how the knots behaveCredit: ...
Ceramic industry should use carbon reducing cold sintering process says new research
Credit: University of Warwick A new techno-economic analysis, by a team led by a researcher from WMG at the University ...
Atomic images reveal unusually many neighbors for some oxygen atoms
Credit: © Christoph Hofer and Jannik Meyer, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 The identification of new chemical bonds is crucial for ...
Stanford researchers create new catalyst that can turn carbon dioxide into fuels
Credit: Mark Golden Imagine grabbing carbon dioxide from car exhaust pipes and other sources and turning this main greenhouse gas ...
Bioprinting: Living cells in a 3D printer
With a new process developed at TU Wien (Vienna), living cells can be integrated into fine structures created in a ...
Schools of molecular ‘fish’ could improve display screens
Credit: Smalyukh lab Take a dive into what may be the world's smallest coral reef. Scientists at the University of ...
Impact: 60 years of shock wave research at Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia scientists tell the remarkable story of shock wave physics in post-World War II AmericaCredit: Crawford et al. 1994, Fig. ...
Volcanic ash sparks a new discovery
New research finds that volcanic ash modifies the height, width and lifetime of a standing shock wave that can occur ...
Gravity crystals: A new method for exploring the physics of white dwarf stars
Scientists study how charged particles arrange themselves into crystalline patterns and apply what they learn to explore the interiors of ...
Taking a new tangent to control pesky waves in fusion plasmas
New theory could help overcome a significant barrier to achieving fusion powerCredit: NSTX-U collaboration. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.--Fusion combines light elements ...
Making connections: Bringing astrophysical processes down to Earth
New supercomputer simulations explore magnetic reconnection and make a surprising discovery.Credit: Jackson Matteucci and Will Fox Fort Lauderdale, Fla.--Magnetic reconnection, ...
