A research effort accelerating imaging techniques to visualize structures of small molecules clearly - a process once thought impossible. The discovery unleashes endless potential in improving everyday life applications - from plastics to pharmaceuticals.
Jul 12th, 2022
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Scientists who 'flash' materials to synthesize substances like graphene have turned their attention to boron nitride, highly valued for its thermal and chemical stability.
Jul 12th, 2022
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What if you could power the smart thermostats, speakers and lights in your home with a kitchen countertop? In a step toward integrating energy storage with these materials, researchers have fabricated microsupercapacitors onto the surface of stone tiles.
Jul 11th, 2022
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It all begins with their building blocks: atoms.
Jul 11th, 2022
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Buildings made of porous rock can weather over the years. Now, for the first time, scientists have studied in detail how silicate nanoparticles can help save them.
Jul 11th, 2022
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Scientists propose a novel dual-comb spectroscopy technique based on electro-optic frequency combs, which further improves the spectral resolution of two orders of magnitude to sub-femtometer.
Jul 11th, 2022
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The findings could inform the design of practical superconducting devices.
Jul 9th, 2022
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Researchers designed an energy-efficient, silicon-based non-volatile switch that manipulates light through the use of a phase-change material and graphene heater.
Jul 9th, 2022
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A new strategy can restore damaged stem cells and enable them to grow new tissues again.
Jul 8th, 2022
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Researchers develop a new, versatile method for temperature monitoring in materials.
Jul 8th, 2022
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Researchers have found a way to create an advanced photonic integrated circuit that builds bridges between data superhighways, revolutionising the connectivity of current optical chips and replacing bulky 3D-optics with a wafer-thin slice of silicon.
Jul 7th, 2022
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The 2.6nm-long single molecule wire has quasi-metallic properties and shows an unusual increase of conductance as the wire length increases; its excellent conductivity holds great promise for the field of molecular electronics.
Jul 7th, 2022
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Physicists have invented a 'quantum flute' that, like the Pied Piper, can coerce particles of light to move together in a way that's never been seen before.
Jul 7th, 2022
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Upside-down design increases plasmonic metasurfaces' frequency range while protecting them from the elements.
Jul 7th, 2022
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Long predicted but never observed, this fluid-like electron behavior could be leveraged for low-power next-generation electronics.
Jul 6th, 2022
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Switching something on and off again usually takes it back into its original state. A new magnetic material, however, has to be switched four times, while the spin of atoms moves once in a circle.
Jul 6th, 2022
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