Researchers have discovered a way to transform the electronic properties of nanoscale needles of diamond. Credit: MIT News Normally an insulator, diamond becomes a metallic…
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Stacking monolayer and bilayer graphene sheets with a twist leads to new collective electronic states, including a rare form of magnetism. Credit: Columbia University Twisting…
Hydrogen can cause brittleness in several metals including ferritic steel, but recent advancements provide insight into the embrittlement process. a) The arrowhead-shaped delaminations in stainless…
What causes quasiparticle death? In large systems of interacting particles in quantum mechanics, an intriguing phenomenon often emerges: groups of particles begin to behave like…
Evolution of atomic lattice oscillation waves upon heating the tin sulfide crystal, as measured with neutron scattering. Credit: Tyson Lanigan-Atkins, Delaire group, Duke University ‘Cold…
A researcher tests the function of the solar cells inside the glove box. Credit: City University of Hong Kong While the power conversion efficiency of…
Artist’s impression of the photodetector device created by RMIT University researchers. Credit: Ella Marushchenko Thin and Ultra-Fast Photodetector Sees the Full Spectrum Researchers have developed…
A study of aluminum nanocatalysts by Rice University’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics found that octopods (left), six-sided particles with sharply pointed corners, had a reaction rate…
Injecting calcium into graphene creates a superconductor, but where does the calcium actually end up? Credit: FLEET ‘Floating’ Graphene on a Bed of Calcium Atoms…
Researchers at CRANN and Trinity’s School of Physics have discovered that a new material can act as a super-fast magnetic switch. When struck by successive…
Researchers led by Katja Nowack, assistant professor of physics, created this micron-scale Hall-effect sensor by sandwiching graphene between sheets of hexagonal boron nitride, resulting in…
Researchers have developed tripeptide crystals (illustrated above), which feature aqueous pores that expand and contract in response to humidity changes and use evaporation to create…
Dr. Ye’s team uses the CO2 infrared laser system to generate graphene. Experiment results show that the graphene they produced exhibit a much better anti-bacterial…
Temperature of C. elegans measured via tracking of embedded nanodiamonds. Credit: Masazumi Fujiwara, Osaka City University A team from Osaka City University, in collaboration with…
Illustration depicts a faithful reproduction of Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl With a Pearl Earring” using millions of nanopillars that control both the color and intensity of…
Scientists Uncover Secret of Material for Promising Thermal Imagers: Blow-Up Overheating Instability
Credit: MIPT Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the RAS Institute for Theoretical and Applied Electromagnetics have discovered what makes vanadium dioxide…
Information is stored by changing the relative position of the metal layer (the gold ball in the figure) with the thickness of three atomic layers.…
A researcher holds a flexible X-ray scintillator developed by Professor Biwu Ma and his research team. The team has developed a new material that could…
Cracking the Code of a Scientific Anomaly: Decades-Old Mystery of Lithium-Ion Battery Storage Solved
Battery testing system in Dr. Yu’s Lab for developing advanced electrode materials. Credit: The University of Texas at Austin For years, researchers have aimed to…
A concept image of electronic skin that can sense touch, pain, and heat. Credit: Ella Maru Studio Prototype device electronically replicates the way human skin…