To kill a quasiparticle: a quantum whodunit
Credit: FLEET What causes quasiparticle death? In large systems of interacting particles in quantum mechanics, an intriguing phenomenon often emerges: ...
Tag: Materials
Chemists from RUDN University developed biodegradable antibacterial film for storing food
Credit: RUDN University A team of chemists from RUDN University created an antibacterial coating for food products. The mixture consists ...
New storage battery more efficient and heat-resistant
Chemists at the University of Jena develop new polymer electrolytes for redox flow batteriesCredit: (Image: Philipp Borchers/University of Jena) (Jena, ...
A clearer view of what makes glass rigid
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers led by The University of Tokyo employed ...
PLUS takes 3D ultrasound images of solids
Credit: Yoshikazu Ohara, Tohoku University A new system, developed by Tohoku University researchers in Japan in collaboration with Los Alamos ...
Norwegian university supplying COVID-19 test kits to India, Denmark
Credit: Photo: Geir Mogen/NTNU A highly sensitive COVID-19 test, developed by researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology ...
Novel cell membrane model could be key to uncovering new protein properties
Credit: ORNL/Jill Hemman The cell membrane, the wall-like boundary between the cell interior and its outside environment, is primarily made ...
Opening an autophagy window as the apoptosis door starts to close
Credit: Department of Organic Biomaterials,TMDU Tokyo - Many people across the globe are working hard to get the better of ...
Nanostructures with a unique property
Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Diego Rosales Nanoscale vortices known as skyrmions can be created in many magnetic materials. For the first ...
New materials: A toggle switch for catalysis
Electrochemical reactions, which will play an important role in the future of energy supply, can now be explained in detail, ...
Controlling ultrastrong light-matter coupling at room temperature
Credit: Illustration: Denis Baranov, Chalmers University of Technology Physicists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, together with colleagues in ...
New approach to test integrity of Texas bridges
UTA engineer works with TxDOT to evaluate strength, remaining life of Texas bridgesCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at ...
Scientists identify solid electrolyte materials that boost lithium-ion battery performance
Identified materials could improve safety and performanceCredit: L.A. Cicero/Stanford University Stanford University scientists have identified a new class of solid ...
A fresh sense of possibility
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Harsh environments that are inhospitable to existing technologies could now be monitored using sensors based on ...
Thin and ultra-fast photodetector sees the full spectrum
Researchers have developed the world's first photodetector that can see all shades of light, in a prototype device that radically ...
Hyperbolic metamaterials exhibit 2T physics
3D nonlinear ferro-fluid-based hyperbolic metamaterials may contribute to ultra-fast all-optical hyper-computingCredit: V. Smolyaninova et al., doi 10.1117/1.AP.2.5.056001 Metamaterials--nanoengineered structures designed ...
New composite material revs up pursuit of advanced electric vehicles
Credit: Andrew Sproles, ORNL/U.S. Department of Energy Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used new techniques to create a composite ...
Highly efficient perovskite solar cells with enhanced stability and minimised lead leakage
Credit: City University of Hong Kong While the power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) - a future of ...
New discovery to have huge impact on development of future battery cathodes
Credit: Diamond Light Source & University of Oxford A new paper published today in Nature Energy reveals how a collaborative ...
Scientists propose multifunctional liquid metal nanocapsules
Credit: LI Mingjie and LI Xiankai Liquid metals (LMs) are promising for applications in flexible electronics and biomimetic functional composites. ...
