Researchers have discovered that a genuine feature of superconductors -- quantum Abrikosov vortices of supercurrent -- can also exist in an ordinary nonsuperconducting metal put into contact with a superconductor.
Jun 22nd, 2018
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In the photoelectric effect, a photon ejects an electron from a material. Researchers have now used attosecond laser pulses to measure the time evolution of this effect in molecules. From their results they can deduce the exact location of a photoionization event.
Jun 22nd, 2018
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In a recent study, researchers have finally been able to probe the phase transitions that occur in thin films of vanadium dioxide using resonant soft X-ray holography.
Jun 22nd, 2018
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Elegant techniques of trapping and polarizing atoms open vistas for beta-decay tests of fundamental symmetries, key to understanding the most basic forces and particles constituting our universe.
Jun 22nd, 2018
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A new supercapacitor could be a competitive alternative to lithium-ion batteries.
Jun 22nd, 2018
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A nickelate thin film senses electric field changes analogous to the electroreception sensing organ in sharks, which detects the bioelectric fields of prey.
Jun 22nd, 2018
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Materials could find applications in water purification, solar energy storage, body armor.
Jun 21st, 2018
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Spray coating could make perovskite an inexpensive alternative to silicon for solar panels.
Jun 21st, 2018
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Researchers demonstrated a facile wet-chemical method to directly grow organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite nanocrystals on surfaces of dispersible MoS2 nanosheets.
Jun 21st, 2018
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Printing microelectrode arrays on gelatin and other soft materials could pave the way for new medical diagnostics tools.
Jun 21st, 2018
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Scientists have succeeded in performing time-resolved measurements of the internal energy distribution of stored clusters. The clusters investigated consisted of four cobalt atoms and an additional electron.
Jun 21st, 2018
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Quark-gluon plasma is formed as a result of high energy collisions of heavy ions. After a collision, for a dozen or so yoctoseconds, this most perfect of all known fluids undergoes rapid hydrodynamic expansion with velocities close to the velocity of light.
Jun 21st, 2018
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Researchers report a new method for, termed adaptive 3D printing, for the fabrication of multifunctional devices on moving freeform surfaces.
Jun 21st, 2018
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Researchers have developed a graphene assembled film that has over 60 percent higher thermal conductivity than graphite film - despite the fact that graphite simply consists of many layers of graphene.
Jun 21st, 2018
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Researchers invent ratchet-like molecular machine, where a chemical reaction is coupled with unidirectional movement, as a possible component for molecular motors.
Jun 21st, 2018
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Scientists report discovery of 10-nanometer, individual, self-assembled dodecahedral structures ?-12-sided silica cages that could have applications in mesoscale material assembly, as well as medical diagnosis and therapeutics.
Jun 20th, 2018
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