New types of solotronic structures, including the world's first quantum dots containing single cobalt ions, have been created and studied at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw. The materials and elements used ...
Nanophysics
Jan 27, 2014
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Scientists from Paris, Newcastle and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin have been able to switch on and off robust ferromagnetism close to room temperature by using low electric fields. Their results are inspiring for future applications ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 27, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A new type of electrical generator uses bacterial spores to harness the untapped power of evaporating water, according to research conducted at the Wyss Institute of Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard ...
Nanophysics
Jan 27, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Scientists at the University of Liverpool have shown that deep sea fault zones could transport much larger amounts of water from the Earth's oceans to the upper mantle than previously thought.
Earth Sciences
Jan 27, 2014
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Humans, by most estimates, discovered fire over a million years ago. But when did they really begin to control fire and use it for their daily needs? That question – one which is central to the subject of the rise of human ...
Archaeology
Jan 27, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The word "core" conjures up an image of something strong. However, new experiments show that the iron found in the Earth's core is relatively weak. This finding is based on x-ray spectroscopy and diffraction ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 27, 2014
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Local researchers are using a unique method of nano-material imaging to more effectively determine the highly variable acid leaching values of Western Australian nickel laterite ores.
Nanophysics
Jan 27, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Earth scientist Dennis Darby is arguing in a Letter article published in Nature Geoscience, that perennial sea ice existed as far back as 44 million years ago. He's developed a technique for dating perennial ...
How does one genome create two completely different body plans in one animal? This was the question Konstantin Khalturin was attempting to answer when he began working on jellyfish. The fascinating story he discovered along ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2014
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Researchers studying the hairy marron (cherax tenuimanus) hope to establish a new self-sustaining population of the critically endangered animal by the middle of the year, amid fears it could be extinct in the wild within ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2014
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