How to control friction in topological insulators
Credit: Image: University of Basel, Departement of Physics Topological insulators are innovative materials that conduct electricity on the surface, but ...
Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences
New design strategy can help improve layered superconducting materials
Modified multi-layered bismuth superconductor for higher critical temperaturesCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have ...
Black holes stunt growth of dwarf galaxies
UC Riverside astronomers find large-scale winds associated with active black holes in small galaxies suppress star formationCredit: HST/NASA/ESA. RIVERSIDE, Calif. ...
Nanoscale manipulation of light leads to exciting new advancement
UNM researchers find decreasing the density of nanoparticles in ordered arrays produces exceptional field enhancementsCredit: University of New Mexico Department ...
‘Electroadhesive’ stamp picks up and puts down microscopic structures
New technique could enable assembly of circuit boards and displays with more minute componentsCredit: Sanha Kim and John Hart If ...
Six degrees of nuclear separation
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Argonne scientists look to 3D printing to ease separation anxiety, which paves the way to recycle more nuclear ...
Shaping nanoparticles for improved quantum information technology
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Particles that are mere nanometers in size are at the forefront of scientific research today. They ...
The American Physical Society announces Historic Sites for 2019
The Historic Sites initiative recognizes landmarks significant to physics history across the United States.Credit: Adler Planetarium COLLEGE PARK, MD, October ...
How to make magnetic slime (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2019 -- This week on Reactions, we explore the chemistry of slime. ...
ERC Synergy Grant: 12 million euros for research into ‘magic’ 3D nanostructures
Credit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich The physicists Prof. Rafal Dunin-Borkowski and Prof. Stefan Blügel from Forschungszentrum Jülich have successfully obtained a ...
Physics: An ultrafast glimpse of the photochemistry of the atmosphere
Credit: Matthias Kling Researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have explored the initial consequences of the interaction of light with ...
New material captures carbon dioxide
The captured CO2 can be converted into useful organic materialsCredit: Illustration by Mindy Takamiya A new material that can selectively ...
Radiation detector with the lowest noise in the world boosts quantum work
The nanoscale radiation detector is a hundred times faster than its predecessors, and can function without interruptionCredit: Roope Kokkoniemi/Aalto University ...
Physicists look to navigational ‘rhumb lines’ to study polymer’s unique spindle structure
Credit: Daeseok Kim From the intricate patterns of pollen grains to the logarithmic spirals of nautilus shells, biology is full ...
Kent State researcher and professor elected to the European Academy of Sciences
Credit: Kent State University Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in Kent State's Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, joins ...
That new yarn? — wearable, washable textile devices are possible with MXene-coated yarns
Drexel's MXene-coated conductive yarn could make devices wearable -- and washableCredit: Drexel University Producing functional fabrics that perform all the ...
ORNL, U-Toledo to collaborate on advanced materials, manufacturing research for vehicles
Credit: The University of Toledo OAK RIDGE, Tenn., October 10, 2019--The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and ...
Scientists ask: How can liquid organelles in cells coexist without merging?
Physicists use model systems to explore the forces that may be at playCredit: Credit: Ibraheem Alshareedah / Priya Banerjee Laboratory ...
Johns Hopkins researchers discover material that could someday power quantum computer
Credit: Yufan Li Quantum computers with the ability to perform complex calculations, encrypt data more securely and more quickly predict ...
Electrochemistry to benefit photonics: Nanotubes can control laser pulses
Credit: Skoltech An international team of scientists led by researchers from the Laboratory of Nanomaterials at the Skoltech Center for ...
