New class of catalysts for energy conversion
Material researchCredit: RUB, Marquard Numerous chemical reactions relevant for the energy revolution are highly complex and result in considerable energy ...
Tag: Electromagnetics
The power of randomization: Magnetic skyrmions for novel computer technology
First steps towards a practical application for magnetic skyrmionsCredit: ill./©: Andreas Donges, University of Konstanz Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University ...
Twisting whirlpools of electrons
Credit: F. Carbone/EPFL In Jules Verne's famous classic Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, the iconic submarine Nautilus disappears into ...
New holographic technique opens the way for quantum computation
Credit: F. Carbone/EPFL Photography measures how much light of different color hits the photographic film. However, light is also a ...
Promising material could lead to faster, cheaper computer memory
Researchers confirmed that bismuth ferrite, which responds to both magnetic and electric fields, can be used to effienctly store informationCredit: ...
Laser-driven spin dynamics in ferrimagnets: How does the angular momentum flow?
Credit: Photograph by Erik Gustafson, courtesy of AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives, Margrethe Bohr Collection. When exposed to intense laser ...
Transforming waste heat into clean energy
Researchers use supercomputers to explore new materials for thermoelectric generationCredit: Ruben de Rijcke, Creative Commons Do you feel the warmth ...
New polymer films conduct heat instead of trapping it
Material may replace many metals as lightweight, flexible heat dissipators in cars, refrigerators, and electronicsCredit: Image courtesy of Gang Chen ...
Decoupled graphene thanks to potassium bromide
Credit: Department of Physics, University of Basel The use of potassium bromide in the production of graphene on a copper ...
Coffee machine helped physicists to make ion traps more efficient
Credit: ITMO University Scientists from ITMO University have developed and applied a new method for analyzing the electromagnetic field inside ...
Unprecedented insight into two-dimensional magnets using diamond quantum sensors
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics For the first time, physicists at the University of Basel have succeeded in ...
Battery research at TU Graz: New breakthroughs in research on super-batteries
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz Since 2012, Stefan Freunberger of the Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials at ...
Researchers observe slowest atom decay ever measured
Credit: (Image: Xenon Collaboration) Around 1500 meters deep in the Italian Gran Sasso mountains is the underground laboratory LNGS (Laboratori ...
Scientists develop low-cost energy-efficient materials
Credit: © NUST MISIS An international team of scientists from the National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" (NUST MISIS), ...
Semiconductor scientists discover effect that was thought impossible
Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office A physical effect known as superinjection underlies modern light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and lasers. For decades this ...
Magnet vs. freon
Scientists invent a magnetic refrigerator, which is 30-40% more efficient than usCredit: © Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS A fundamentally new refrigerator ...
Electric skyrmions charge ahead for next-generation data storage
Berkeley Lab-led research team makes a chiral skyrmion crystal with electric properties; puts new spin on future information storage applicationsCredit: ...
Lasers make magnets behave like fluids
For years, researchers have pursued a strange phenomenon: When you hit an ultra-thin magnet with a laser, it suddenly de-magnetizes. ...
New automated biological-sample analysis systems to accelerate disease detection
A 100% Québec discovery made at Polytechnique Montréal in partnership with McGill UniversityCredit: Polytechnique Montréal and McGill University FROM CONVENTIONAL ...
UTSA faculty receive $2 million in CAREER Awards to advance research
Credit: The University of Texas at San Antonio (San Antonio, April 16, 2019) - Four University of Texas at San ...
