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Nanomaterials May 18, 2020

Graphene-reinforced carbon fiber may lead to affordable, stronger car materials

A new way of creating carbon fibers—which are typically expensive to make—could one day lead to using these lightweight, high-strength materials to improve safety and reduce the cost of producing cars, according to a ...

Condensed Matter May 18, 2020

Superconductors with 'zeitgeist' – when materials differentiate between the past and the future

Physicists at TU Dresden have discovered spontaneous static magnetic fields with broken time-reversal symmetry in a class of iron-based superconductors. This exceptional property calls for new theoretical models and may become ...

Optics & Photonics May 7, 2020

Optical imaging of tissue mechanics via laser speckle rheology

A majority of disease conditions from cancer and atherosclerosis to neurodegenerative and orthopedic disorders are accompanied by changes in tissue stiffness. Clinical medicine has long relied on manual palpation of suspected ...

Nanophysics May 6, 2020

Physicists shed light on the nanoscale dynamics of spin thermalization

In physics, thermalization, or the trend of sub-systems within a whole to gain a common temperature, is typically the norm. There are situations, however, where thermalization is slowed down or virtually suppressed; examples ...

Superconductivity Apr 30, 2020

Researchers detect a supercurrent at the edge of a superconductor with a topological twist

A discovery that long eluded physicists has been detected in a laboratory at Princeton. A team of physicists detected superconducting currents—the flow of electrons without wasting energy—along the exterior edge of a ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 29, 2020

MRI scanning assists with next generation battery design

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can provide an effective way of supporting the development of the next generation of high-performance rechargeable batteries, according to research led by the University of Birmingham.

Analytical Chemistry Apr 27, 2020

Accelerating clinical use of Raman spectroscopy's chemical fingerprints

"The technique of Raman spectroscopy—in combination with emerging machine-learning methods—is making its way into operating rooms at a rapid pace, with the prospect of improving the accuracy of surgical procedures in ...

Bio & Medicine Apr 24, 2020

Highly sensitive nanosensor detects subtle potassium changes in the brain

Researchers have developed a number of potassium ion (K+) probes to detect fluctuating K+ concentrations during a variety of biological processes. However, such probes are not sensitive enough to detect physiological fluctuations ...

Superconductivity Apr 16, 2020

Scientists find a rule to predict new superconducting metal hydrides

The search for coveted high-temperature superconductors is going to get easier with a new 'law within a law' discovered by Skoltech and MIPT researchers and their colleagues, who figured out a link between an element's position ...

Materials Science Apr 13, 2020

Tight spaces tip presence of petrochemicals

Rice University engineers have put to rest a long-held theory about the detection of oil and gas that hides inside the nanoscale pores of shale formations.

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