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Why do raindrops bounce of leaves?

Scientists explore the type of interaction that happens between a liquid drop and a rigid surface. These insights could potentially help us design better pesticide sprays to shaping the future of aircraft design.

September 16, 2021 Read more

Finding a metal-oxide needle in a periodic table haystack

Materials scientists and data scientists team up to create new way to discover potentially useful materials.

September 16, 2021 Read more

Physicists make square droplets and liquid lattices

Driving systems out of equilibrium with electric fields proves useful for creating liquid shapes that are nearly impossible to find in nature.

September 15, 2021 Read more

New DNA-based chip can be programmed to solve complex math problems

A novel chip automates the reaction cascades occurring between molecules inside DNA to carry out complex mathematical calculations.

September 15, 2021 Read more

How a plant virus could protect and save your lungs from metastatic cancer

Using a virus that grows in black-eyed pea plants, nanoengineers developed a new treatment that could keep metastatic cancers at bay from the lungs.

September 15, 2021 Read more

Novel polymer can boost performance of organic and perovskite solar cells

Researchers and their colleagues have synthesized a new conjugated polymer for organic electronics using two different chemical reactions and shown the impact of the two methods on its performance in organic and perovskite solar cells.

September 15, 2021 Read more

Laser loops create ultrafast electric currents in solid materials

Theoreticians predict that a unique laser source could produce highly controllable electric currents in any bulk material. This work yields new insights for the development of ultrafast opto-electronic devices, for more efficient photovoltaics, and for the study of electron behavior in solids.

September 15, 2021 Read more

Magnetic field turns handed superconductor into liquid crystal-like nematic state

Scientists have suggested a surprising connection between the nematic behavior of a superconductor in a magnetic field and its spiral-like groundstate in the absence of the field. Their theory could not only explain recent experiments on twisted bilayer graphene at the so-called magic angle, but would also point to potential applications in topological quantum computing.

September 15, 2021 Read more

Crystal islands could halve time and cost of science experiments

Researchers found a way to grow crystal islands that could halve the time and cost of some science experiments that can take on average between several hours to many days and can cost between $5,000 and $50,000.

September 15, 2021 Read more

Triangular honeycombs: Physicists design novel quantum material

Researchers have conceived and realized a new quantum material: 'Indenene'. Consisting of a single layer of the chemical element Indium, indenene enriches the family of the so-called topological insulators.

September 14, 2021 Read more

A super material applicable to batteries and other energy conversion devices

Unplanned 2D material discovery could lead to future pivotal discoveries in batteries, fuel cells, devices for converting heat to electricity and more.

September 14, 2021 Read more

Understanding chromium oxides at the molecular level

Researchers are taking a new look at chromium oxides, magnetic chemical compounds once used to coat the surfaces of cassette and video tapes.

September 14, 2021 Read more

Small structure, large effect: Functional surfaces inspired by Salvinia leaves

Scientists review recent progress in the study of Salvinia leaves and their artificial replicas.

September 14, 2021 Read more

Spintronics: Physicists develop miniature terahertz sources

Researchers have developed a new, simple approach for generating terahertz radiation. Strong optical laser pulses enable terahertz electromagnetic fields to be generated directly at a specific point.

September 14, 2021 Read more

Identifying activity origin of single-atom catalyst through atom-by-atom counting

Researchers developed a methodology of electron-microscopy-based atom recognition statistic to directly identify the activity origin of Pt/Al2O3 industrial reforming catalyst through atom-by-atom counting of over 18,000 Pt atoms.

September 14, 2021 Read more

Just by changing its shape, scientists show they can alter material properties

By confining the transport of electrons and ions in a patterned thin film, scientists find a way to potentially enhance material properties for design of next-generation electronics.

September 13, 2021 Read more