Princeton researchers created the world’s purest sample of gallium arsenide, a semiconductor used in specialized systems such as satellites. This photo shows the sample wired…
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A novel polymer developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory strengthens sand for additive manufacturing applications. A 6.5 centimeter 3D-printed sand bridge, shown here, held 300…
A material’s spins, depicted as red spheres, are probed by scattered neutrons. Applying an entanglement witness, such as the QFI calculation pictured, causes the neutrons…
Researchers recreate deep-Earth conditions to see how iron copes with extreme stress. Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory New observations of the atomic structure of…
Spin chains in a quantum system undergo a collective twisting motion as the result of quasiparticles clustering together. Demonstrating this KPZ dynamics concept are pairs…
Artist’s conception of the epitaxial growth of a chalcogenide perovskite thin film. The material represents a new family of semiconductors. Credit: Felice Frankel Ultrastable and…
A team of physicists has discovered how DNADNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a molecule composed of two long strands of nucleotides that coil around each…
Cracked phone screens could become a thing of the past thanks to breakthrough research conducted at The University of Queensland. The global team of researchers,…
A material derived from trees could potentially replace liquid electrolytes in next-generation batteries. In pursuit of batteries that deliver more power and operate more safely,…
An electrode made with a molded Tootsie Roll® and aluminum tubes can help monitor ovulation status and kidney health. Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials…
Junyi Zhao, a PhD candidate in the lab of Chuan Wang, used flexible PeLEDs to show off a little school spirit. Credit: Wustl/Wang Lab Sure,…
On-chip optical isolators for 780 nm and 1550 nm wavelengths, fabricated in lithium niobate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Credit: Ogulcan Orsel Light offers…
Using the hydrogel tablet to purify water requires zero energy input and doesn’t create harmful byproducts. Credit: The University of Texas at Austin As much…
Researchers at MIT and BASF have developed a data-driven system that accelerates the process of discovering new 3D printing materials that have multiple mechanical properties.…
If the properties of materials can be reliably predicted, then the process of developing new products for a huge range of industries can be streamlined…
Depiction of the application of organic semiconductor nanotubes in artificial muscle. Credit: Artwork courtesy of Mohammad Reza Abidian Actuator Discovery Outperforms Existing Technology University of…
Topological isolator as a multiplexer. Credit: Zhe Zhang / EPFL 2021 EPFL scientists have developed a topology-based method that forces microwave photons to travel along…
Shiny nacre of Abalone washed ashore. Strongest and toughest glass known developed by McGill University scientists. Scientists from McGill University develop stronger and tougher glass,…
In the singlet exciton fission process, a singlet exciton (blue) is created upon absorbing light and then splits into two triplets (red) on ultrafast timescales.…