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Metal powder: zero-carbon fuel for the future?

Scientists analyse how iron can be used to store and transport energy.

Sep 16th, 2022

Physicists generate new nanoscale spin waves

Strong alternating magnetic fields can be used to generate a new type of spin wave that was previously just theoretically predicted.

Sep 15th, 2022

Biomimetic dual-color domes programmable for encryption

Researchers propose an innovative strategy to self-assemble different nanostructures in a one-pot method using one type of building block.

Sep 15th, 2022

Researchers still fail to print thin-film transistors with metal oxides onto heat-sensitive materials

Researchers attempted to print thin-film transistors with metal oxides onto heat-sensitive materials such as paper or PET. The goal was ultimately not achieved, but those involved consider the project a success - because of a new printing ink and a transistor with 'memory effect'.

Sep 15th, 2022

Size matters in functional materials

Soft X-ray micro-spectroscopy reveals peculiar deviations in phase transformation of microstructures.

Sep 15th, 2022

Making and breaking of chemical bonds in single nanoconfined molecules

Research team investigates reactivity of single molecules under controlled microscopic conditions.

Sep 14th, 2022

Fuel from a greenhouse gas made with single gold atoms

Single gold atoms catalyze the selective methanization of carbon dioxide.

Sep 14th, 2022

A nanoreactor to precisely control catalytic reactions

Researchers have developed a dual-catalyst system that can precisely control catalytic reactions like cells.

Sep 14th, 2022

Breakthrough reported in machine learning-enhanced quantum chemistry

The use of machine learning to predict chemical properties offers the promise of great technological advances, with applications from cleaner energy to faster pharmaceutical drug design.

Sep 14th, 2022

Interplay of electronics and photonics as a new basis for quantum computers

For building quantum computers, making use of both electronics and photonics - technology that works with light - on one and the same chip, is promising.

Sep 14th, 2022

Hydrodynamic electrons seen to break a fundamental limit

A new study shows that an electronic fluid can flow through materials without any electrical resistance, thereby perfectly eliminating a fundamental source of resistance that forms the ultimate limit for ballistic electrons. This result opens the way for improved electronic devices that do not heat up as much as existing technologies.

Sep 14th, 2022

Intriguing material property found in complex nanostructures could dissipate energy

Researchers have discovered for the first time a unique property in complex nanostructures that has thus far only been found in simple nanostructures. Additionally, they have unraveled the internal mechanics of the materials that makes this property possible.