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Metal powder: zero-carbon fuel for the future?

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

September 16, 2022 Read more

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.

September 15, 2022 Read more

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.

September 15, 2022 Read more

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'.

September 15, 2022 Read more

Size matters in functional materials

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

September 15, 2022 Read more

Making and breaking of chemical bonds in single nanoconfined molecules

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

September 14, 2022 Read more

Fuel from a greenhouse gas made with single gold atoms

Single gold atoms catalyze the selective methanization of carbon dioxide.

September 14, 2022 Read more

A nanoreactor to precisely control catalytic reactions

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

September 14, 2022 Read more

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.

September 14, 2022 Read more

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.

September 14, 2022 Read more

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.

September 14, 2022 Read more

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.

September 13, 2022 Read more