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Analytical Chemistry Mar 27, 2025

AI model transforms material design by predicting and explaining synthesizability

A research team has successfully developed a technology that utilizes Large Language Models (LLMs) to predict the synthesizability of novel materials and interpret the basis for such predictions. The team was led by Seoul ...

Nanophysics Mar 27, 2025

Nanoscale ripples provide key to unlocking thin material properties in electronics

When materials are created on a nanometer scale—just a handful of atoms thick—even the thermal energy present at room temperature can cause structural ripples. How these ripples affect the mechanical properties of these ...

Nanophysics Mar 27, 2025

Scientists achieve breakthrough in harnessing heat to control magnetism in 2D materials

Pioneering new research could help unlock exciting new potential to create ultrafast, laser-driven storage devices. The study, led by experts from the University of Exeter, could revolutionize the field of data storage through ...

Nanophysics Mar 27, 2025

Transistor reshapes electronic properties of a 2D material

A RIKEN study shows that squeezing the right amount of potassium ions between the atomic layers of molybdenum disulfide can turn it from a semiconductor into a metal, superconductor or insulator. The same layered material ...

Materials Science Mar 26, 2025

Novel electrochemical fluorination method boosts hydrofluoroether production

Researchers in South Korea have developed a domestic technology for localizing an essential industrial raw material that was previously entirely imported from a specific global company.

Nanophysics Mar 24, 2025

Light-induced symmetry changes in tiny crystals allow researchers to create materials with tailored properties

Imagine building a Lego tower with perfectly aligned blocks. Each block represents an atom in a tiny crystal, known as a quantum dot. Just like bumping the tower can shift the blocks and change its structure, external forces ...

Space Exploration Mar 24, 2025

Scalable nanotechnology-based lightsails developed for next-generation space exploration

Researchers at TU Delft and Brown University have developed scalable nanotechnology-based lightsails that could support future advances in space exploration and experimental physics. Their research, published in Nature Communications, ...

Nanophysics Mar 24, 2025

Moiré than meets the eye: Phasons enable interlayer excitons to move at low temperatures for quantum stability

A moiré pattern appears when you stack and rotate two copies of an image with regularly repeating shapes, turning simple patterns of squares or triangles into a groovy wave pattern that moves across the combined image in ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 23, 2025

Next-generation AI hardware: 3D photonic-electronic platform boosts efficiency and bandwidth

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems promise transformative advancements, yet their growth has been limited by energy inefficiencies and bottlenecks in data transfer. Researchers at Columbia Engineering have unveiled a groundbreaking ...

Space Exploration Mar 21, 2025

3D Printing: Saving weight and space at launch

Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is regularly used on the ground to quickly produce a variety of devices. Adapting this process for space could let crew members create tools and parts for maintenance and ...

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