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Stellar Insights: How Sodium’s High Pressure Transformation Is Redefining Astrophysics
Researchers have discovered that under extreme pressure, sodium’s electrons remain bonded to atoms, causing it to become a transparent insulator. This finding challenges previous theories…
From Blacksmiths to Beamlines: 3D Atomic Revelations Transform Alloy Engineering
A groundbreaking study by UCLA scientists has for the first time mapped medium and high-entropy alloys in 3D, revealing their unique combination of toughness and…
Metallic Mystery: The Puzzling Silence of a “Strange Metal” in Quantum Noise Experiment
Rice University’s groundbreaking research on a “strange metal” quantum material reveals unconventional electrical flow, defying traditional quasiparticle theory. This discovery, made through detailed shot noise…
Stratospheric Signatures: How Spacecraft Metals Are Leaving a Disturbing Mark
The rising number of spacecraft and satellite launches has introduced significant metals into the stratosphere, potentially affecting the climate, ozone layer, and Earth’s habitability. With…
Not Science Fiction: Scientists Around the World Shocked by Self-Healing in Metal
Green marks the spot where a fissure formed, then fused back together in this artistic rendering of nanoscale self-healing in metal, discovered at Sandia National…
Hyperbolic Propagation: Columbia Physicists See Light Waves Moving Through a Metal
Light Conduction in a Metal: Waveguides are observed in a semimetal known as ZrSiSe. Credit: Nicoletta Barolini, Columbia University New research finds evidence of waveguiding…
MIT Scientists Unveil a Secret of Stronger Metals
Researchers at MIT have discovered exactly how the tiny crystalline grains that make up metal form when subjected to an extreme deformation process. This can…
Groundbreaking “Chameleon Metal” Invented That Acts Like Many Others
New discovery could improve efficiency for storing renewable energy, making carbon-free fuels, and manufacturing sustainable materials. A team of energy researchers led by the University…
Dislocation Avalanches: Smallest Earthquakes Ever Detected in Micron-Scale Metals
On the micrometer scale deformation properties of metals change profoundly: the smooth and continuous behavior of bulk materials often becomes jerky due to random strain…
A Surprising Structural Change in Metal Oxide at Low Temperature May Resolve a 60-Year-Old Mystery
Wavy rod-like shapes observed in X-ray scattering data. Credit: Jared Allred/University of Alabama Findings could help resolve a 60-year-old mystery and lead to applications in…
The Future of Electronics: New Fermi Arcs Discovered
Newly discovered Fermi arcs that can be controlled through magnetism could be the future of electronics based on electron spins. These new Fermi arcs were…
Newly Discovered Type of “Strange Metal” – Material That Shares Fundamental Quantum Attributes With Black Holes
A new discovery could help scientists to understand “strange metals,” a class of materials that are related to high-temperature superconductors and share fundamental quantum attributes…
Two-Dimensional Hybrid Metal Halide Device Allows Control of Terahertz Radiation
Researchers have utilized two-dimensional hybrid metal halides in a device that allows directional control of terahertz radiation generated by a spintronic scheme. The device has…
Nanocluster Catalyst Discovery Will Protect Precious Metals
Scientists have created a new type of catalyst that will lead to new, sustainable ways of making and using molecules and protect the supply of precious metals. A research team from the University of…
New Theory Proposed To Explain the Transparency of Metallic Oxides
A collection of strontium and vanadium oxide (SrVO3) metallic films of increasing thickness. Credit: ICMAB-CSIC The electrons of some metal oxides, due to their large…
Metallic Glass Gears Up for Collaborative Robots, Coatings, and More
Most metallic glass alloys form a hard, smooth surface. This gives metallic glass gears a long lifetime without the need for liquid lubricants, making them…
In Remarkable Experiment, Scientists Create a Golden Drop of Metallic Water
On the left is a pure drop of sodium-potassium alloy, on the right is the drop with a layer of water, in which electrons liberated…
Simple and Cost-Effective Extraction of Valuable Rare Metals From Industrial Waste
Researchers from Kanazawa University recovered palladium and silver metal from industrial waste, which will help reduce pollution and alleviate demand from dwindling natural sources. Many…
Optimizing Noble Metal Catalysts With Clusters of Atoms to Enhance Performance and Save Resources
Schematic representation of a noble metal catalyst with inactive single atoms (left) and active clusters (right; noble metal: white; carrier metal: yellow; oxygen: red). Credit:…