In the quantum world, our intuition for moving objects is strongly challenged and may sometimes even completely fail. Experimental physicists have found a quantum particle which shows an intriguing oscillatory back-and-forth motion in a one-dimensional atomic gas.
Jun 2nd, 2017
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Detailed view of the atomic scale and mesoscale changes in a troubling layer offers insights for a better battery.
Jun 2nd, 2017
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Researchers found that by combining semiconducting molecules C60 with layered materials, such as graphene and hBN, they could produce a unique material technology, which could revolutionise the concept of smart devices.
Jun 2nd, 2017
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For a motor to power machinery, the local motion has to be translated into the ordered movement of other parts of the system. Organic chemists have now achieved this in a molecular motor.
Jun 1st, 2017
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The emerging field of plasmonics could bring advances in chemical manufacturing, usher in new clean and sustainable technologies and desalination systems to avert a future global water crisis.
Jun 1st, 2017
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The strongest ionisation of a molecule yet is providing important insights for analysing biomolecules with X-ray lasers.
Jun 1st, 2017
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Australian researchers have received a grant to develop silicon-carbide nanosensors that will be commercialised to improve the safety and efficiency of systems that operate under hostile conditions.
Jun 1st, 2017
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In a novel fermentation method, researchers have developed graphene-containing rubber foams with unusual mechanical and electrical behaviours: when stretched, the composite foams expand and become more conductive. These unexpected properties could be promising for use in smart filters and medical devices.
Jun 1st, 2017
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Researchers show that by using different materials to build a quantum tunneling junction, they were able to alter capacitance by manipulating spins in the opposite way from 'normal' magnetocapacitance. This inverse effect, the researchers say, adds one more potentially useful phenomenon to the spintronics toolkit.
Jun 1st, 2017
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Scientists have built a low-cost, ultra-stable perovskite solar cell that has operated for more than a year without loss in performance (11.2%).
Jun 1st, 2017
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Researchers report an optically patternable metamaterial comprised of monolayered silver nanoislands embedded within a photosensitive polymer resin for ultraviolet nanolithography.
Jun 1st, 2017
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A research team has identified a surprising new role for the immune cells called macrophages - improving the effectiveness of nanoparticle-delivered cancer therapies.
Jun 1st, 2017
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Chemists have observed that under the appropriate conditions, quantum rotations can very well mimic normal, classical rotation.
Jun 1st, 2017
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Physicists have found out that spherical silicon nanoparticles can be effectively heated up, and simultaneously emit light depending on their temperature.
May 31st, 2017
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Scientists have developed a lower cost and industrially scalable catalyst to produce pure hydrogen through a low-energy water-splitting process.
May 31st, 2017
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Sources that integrate two artificial optical material concepts may drive ultrafast 'Li-Fi' communications.
May 31st, 2017
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