Researchers have for the first time measured a fundamental property of magnets called magnon polarisation - and in the process, are making progress towards building low-energy devices.
Jul 28th, 2020
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The ability of Shewanella oneidensis to produce molybdenum disulfide nanoparticle - a material that is able to transfer electrons easily, like graphene - is the focus of research.
Jul 28th, 2020
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In a new study, a research group explain their outstanding success in harvesting 'hot electron holes'. The results of their work can be used to improve solar cells, photochemical reactions and photosensors.
Jul 28th, 2020
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Scientists have developed a method paving the way to using quantum computers to simulate realistic molecules and complex materials, whose description requires hundreds of atoms.
Jul 28th, 2020
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Materials scientists studying recharging fundamentals made an astonishing discovery that could open the door to better batteries, faster catalysts and other materials science leaps.
Jul 28th, 2020
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Scientists uncover the peculiar mechanism by which spin perturbations travel through a seemingly unpassable region of a quantum spin liquid system. This new insight may represent another building block in next-generation electronics and even quantum computers.
Jul 28th, 2020
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Findings open up possibilities for mechanical metamaterials to be used in soft robotics and medical devices.
Jul 27th, 2020
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Materials scientists are calling for a collective, global effort to fast-track the mass production of 2D materials like graphene and molybdenum disulfide.
Jul 27th, 2020
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A soft material that heals itself instantaneously is now reality. A team of scientists tune the nanostructure of a new stretchable material in such a way that it now entirely recovers its structure and properties at the blink of an eye after being cut or poked.
Jul 27th, 2020
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Researchers have combined optical and acoustic approaches and found that incorporating titanium atoms into barium hexaferrite leads to an unexpected substructure forming in the crystal lattice. The resulting material is promising for ultrafast computer memory applications.
Jul 27th, 2020
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Researchers create neurotransmitter-lipid hybrids that help ferry therapeutic drugs and gene editing proteins across the blood-brain barrier in mice.
Jul 27th, 2020
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The study assessed how the guts of species could protect against the bioaccumulation and toxicological effects of engineered nanomaterials.
Jul 27th, 2020
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New model explores the design space of twisted 2D materials.
Jul 27th, 2020
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Water molecules play an active role in facilitating the oxygen dissociation needed for the oxidation reaction.
Jul 27th, 2020
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Theoretical studies have suggested that 'particle density', or the number of particles in an area, can be utilized to develop a novel ratchet transportation with a 'static' electrical field.
Jul 27th, 2020
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Scientists demonstrate a synchrotron X-ray spectroscopy-based method by which the local temperatures of metal nanoparticles can be measured under microwaves.
Jul 27th, 2020
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