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Superconducting vortices quantize ordinary metal

Researchers have discovered that a genuine feature of superconductors -- quantum Abrikosov vortices of supercurrent -- can also exist in an ordinary nonsuperconducting metal put into contact with a superconductor.

Jun 22nd, 2018

The photoelectric effect in stereo

In the photoelectric effect, a photon ejects an electron from a material. Researchers have now used attosecond laser pulses to measure the time evolution of this effect in molecules. From their results they can deduce the exact location of a photoionization event.

Jun 22nd, 2018

Insulator-metal transition at the nanoscale: x-ray holography reveals existence of nano-patchwork

In a recent study, researchers have finally been able to probe the phase transitions that occur in thin films of vanadium dioxide using resonant soft X-ray holography.

Jun 22nd, 2018

Is nature exclusively left-handed? Using chilled atoms to find out

Elegant techniques of trapping and polarizing atoms open vistas for beta-decay tests of fundamental symmetries, key to understanding the most basic forces and particles constituting our universe.

Jun 22nd, 2018

As future batteries, hybrid supercapacitors are super-charged

A new supercapacitor could be a competitive alternative to lithium-ion batteries.

Jun 22nd, 2018

Sense like a shark: Saltwater-submersible films

A nickelate thin film senses electric field changes analogous to the electroreception sensing organ in sharks, which detects the bioelectric fields of prey.

Jun 22nd, 2018

Researchers achieve unprecedented control of polymer grids

Materials could find applications in water purification, solar energy storage, body armor.

Jun 21st, 2018

Researchers solve major challenge in mass production of low-cost solar cells

Spray coating could make perovskite an inexpensive alternative to silicon for solar panels.

Jun 21st, 2018

Beyond conventional solution-process for 2-D heterostructure

Researchers demonstrated a facile wet-chemical method to directly grow organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite nanocrystals on surfaces of dispersible MoS2 nanosheets.

Jun 21st, 2018

Scientists print sensors on gummi candy

Printing microelectrode arrays on gelatin and other soft materials could pave the way for new medical diagnostics tools.

Jun 21st, 2018

Thermal radiation from nanoparticles

Scientists have succeeded in performing time-resolved measurements of the internal energy distribution of stored clusters. The clusters investigated consisted of four cobalt atoms and an additional electron.

Jun 21st, 2018

When fluid flows almost as fast as light - with quantum rotation

Quark-gluon plasma is formed as a result of high energy collisions of heavy ions. After a collision, for a dozen or so yoctoseconds, this most perfect of all known fluids undergoes rapid hydrodynamic expansion with velocities close to the velocity of light.