A research group led by Prof. Wu Kaifeng and Zhu Jingyi from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently reported the observation of an excitonic Bloch-Siegert shift in CsPbI3 perovskite ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 28, 2022
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Charging and discharging a battery cell transforms its electrode material into a "super" material.
Materials Science
Sep 8, 2022
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Researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf led by Prof. Dr. Carsten Sachse are using cryo-electron microscopy, or cryo-EM for short, to make biomolecules visible at the atomic level. ...
Biochemistry
Sep 7, 2022
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Cilia are tiny, hair-like structures on cells throughout our bodies that serve a variety of functions including clearing our airways, circulating cerebrospinal fluid in our brains and transporting eggs in fallopian tubes. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 31, 2022
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Wooden objects are usually made by sawing, carving, bending or pressing. That's so old school! Today, scientists will describe how flat wooden shapes extruded by a 3D printer can be programmed to self-morph into complex 3D ...
Materials Science
Aug 23, 2022
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The University of Otago-led study, published today in the New Zealand Medical Journal, involved 168 12-year-olds wearing automatic cameras for four days.
Social Sciences
Aug 5, 2022
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Piezoelectric materials can convert mechanical energy to electrical energy, and vice versa. In recent years, there has been growing interest in the search for two-dimensional (2D) layered piezoelectrics. Such layered van ...
Nanophysics
Aug 5, 2022
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Imagine stretching a piece of film to reveal a hidden message. Or checking an arm band's color to gauge muscle mass. Or sporting a swimsuit that changes hue as you do laps. Such chameleon-like, color-shifting materials could ...
Materials Science
Aug 1, 2022
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Carbon-based materials hold enormous potential for building a sustainable future, but material scientists need tools to properly analyze their atomic structure, which determines their functional properties. X-ray photoelectron ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 21, 2022
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Shockwaves caused by asteroids colliding with Earth create materials with a range of complex carbon structures, which could be used for advancing future engineering applications, according to an international study led by ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 19, 2022
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