Researchers have discovered a new electronic property at the frontier between the thermal and quantum sciences in a specially engineered metal alloy - and in the process identified a promising material for future devices that could turn heat on and off with the application of a magnetic 'switch'.
Jun 7th, 2021
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Understanding how magnetic correlations change over very short timescales could be harnessed to control magnetism for applications including data storage and superconductivity.
Jun 7th, 2021
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In a joint experimental and theoretical effort, researchers developed a novel spectroscopic technique for the study of charge carrier dynamics in lead halide perovskites.
Jun 7th, 2021
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Researchers show that room-temperature catalytic oxidation is an efficient approach to converting formaldehyde (HCHO) into harmless CO2 by using reactive oxygen species on the surface of transition-metal nanocatalysts.
Jun 7th, 2021
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Researchers have synthesized 3D porous honeycomb-like CoN-Ni3N/N-C nanosheets and vanadium nitride nanobelt arrays via in-situ growth method, respectively, and constructed a high-energy-density flexible supercapacitor device.
Jun 7th, 2021
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Graphene can be used for ultra-high density hard disk drives (HDD), with up to a tenfold jump compared to current technologies, researchers have shown.
Jun 7th, 2021
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The technique, termed extracellular vesicle monitoring of small-molecule chemical occupancy and protein expression (ExoSCOPE), is the first of its kind in the world. It takes advantage of extracellular vesicles (EVs) secreted by cancer cells and circulating in blood as a reflective indicator of drug effectiveness in solid tumors.
Jun 7th, 2021
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The technology can be used for the development of new generation microchips that can transfer information from computers to a fiber optic network at a greater speed.
Jun 7th, 2021
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Engineers have discovered a new way of generating electricity using tiny carbon particles that can create a current simply by interacting with liquid surrounding them.
Jun 7th, 2021
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Wider clean chemistry applications of the extraordinary Vortex Fluidic Device are likely in the wake of new research that has been published outlining the seemingly endless possible uses.
Jun 7th, 2021
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Novel crystalline form of silicon could potentially be used to create next-generation electronic and energy devices.
Jun 5th, 2021
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A new EU project will introduce metamaterials that resemble spider webs and woodpeckers, which will help us fix some unresolved issues on transportation, health, and energy.
Jun 5th, 2021
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A team of computational and experimental engineers demonstrate a blueprint for building materials with new properties from nanocrystals.
Jun 4th, 2021
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A new experiment offers the cleanest proof yet for magnetism-driven transitions of metals to insulators.
Jun 4th, 2021
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In an effort to produce cheap, defect-free graphene in larger quantities, researchers have been using supercomputer resources to develop more efficient methods for producing graphene at the industrial scale.
Jun 4th, 2021
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A breakthrough technology uses nanoscale sensors and fiber optics to measure water status just inside a leaf's surface, where water in plants is most actively managed.
Jun 3rd, 2021
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