Pressure techniques are experimental methods that apply controlled hydrostatic or uniaxial pressure to a sample to modify and probe its structural, electronic, magnetic, or thermodynamic properties. Implemented using devices such as diamond anvil cells, piston-cylinder cells, or multi-anvil presses, these techniques can generate pressures from fractions of a gigapascal to several hundred gigapascals. They are commonly coupled with in situ probes (e.g., X-ray diffraction, Raman/IR spectroscopy, electrical transport, or neutron scattering) to study phase transitions, equation-of-state behavior, bonding changes, and reaction pathways under extreme conditions relevant to condensed matter physics, materials science, and geoscience.
Graphene's enduring appeal lies in its remarkable combination of lightness, flexibility, and strength. Now, researchers have shown that under pressure, it can briefly take on the traits of one of its more glamorous carbon ...
Nanomaterials
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Physicists at the University of Osaka have unveiled a breakthrough theoretical framework that uncovers the hidden physical rule behind one of the most powerful compression methods in laser fusion science—the stacked-shock ...
Plasma Physics
Nov 19, 2025
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A research team led by Prof. Liu Xiaodi from the Hefei Institute of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with researchers from Jilin University and Sun Yat-sen University, has achieved simultaneous ...
Superconductivity
Oct 30, 2025
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What happens when you squeeze DNA? Can pressure reveal something about how our genetic material is packed, protected, and accessed?
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 20, 2025
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The world of quantum physics is already mysterious, but what happens when that strange realm of subatomic particles is put under immense pressure? Observing quantum effects under pressure has proven difficult for a simple ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 12, 2025
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Materials scientists at the University of California San Diego have performed powerful laser shock experiments on a perovskite mineral to better understand the geophysical processes in Earth's deep interior and the mechanisms ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 29, 2025
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With the declared aim of measuring matter under extreme pressure, an international research collaboration headed by the University of Rostock and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) used the high-performance laser ...
Plasma Physics
May 21, 2025
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Scientists have achieved a major milestone in the quest to understand high-temperature superconductivity in hydrogen-rich materials. Using electron tunneling spectroscopy under high pressure, the international research team ...
Superconductivity
Apr 23, 2025
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Researchers from the Institute of Solid State Physics, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Southwest Jiaotong University, have combined high-pressure electrical ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 31, 2025
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NASA's Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wānaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the agency's super pressure balloon technology. These stadium-sized, heavy-lift balloons will travel the ...
Planetary Sciences
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