Search results for materials characterization studies

Analytical Chemistry Jul 22, 2026

AI and quantum chemistry combine to identify efficient blue OLED materials

Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have become a standard in modern devices with incredible contrast and sleek designs. While initially an expensive luxury, OLEDs are gradually becoming more financially accessible as the ...

Planetary Sciences Jul 22, 2026

Juno takes temperature of Jupiter's fiery moon Io

NASA's Juno mission has provided the first measurements of the temperature below the surface of Jupiter's moon Io, revealing significant heating within the shallow subsurface of the most volcanically active world in the solar ...

Condensed Matter Jul 21, 2026

Quantum sensing microscope illuminates transistor design

Artificial intelligence faces an energy crisis stemming from a physical traffic jam inside modern computer chips. Processors must continually shuffle data, such as the billions of parameters in complex models, between separate ...

Earth Sciences Jul 20, 2026

Where do the world's biggest diamonds come from? Geology now has answers

Some of the most extraordinary gems ever found belong to a rare class of diamonds known as CLIPPIRs (Cullinan-like, Large, Inclusion-Poor, Pure, Irregular, Resorbed). They make up less than 1% of all diamonds on Earth and ...

Astronomy Jul 19, 2026

Observations investigate the nature of a peculiar supernova

An international team of astronomers has performed follow-up observations of a peculiar Type Ia supernova designated SN 2023vjh. Results of the observational campaign, published July 9 on the preprint server arXiv, deliver ...

Planetary Sciences Jul 18, 2026

NASA's Psyche mission delivers Mars flyby data, time-lapse video

The spacecraft aced its encounter with Mars. Now, mission scientists are studying a trove of data from the flyby in preparation for its arrival at asteroid Psyche in 2029.

Materials Science Jul 17, 2026

Prototype bicycle tire uses silk to outperform nylon in strength and endurance

Researchers in Thailand have developed a prototype high-performance bicycle tire that replaces conventional nylon fabric reinforcement with natural silk. The team combined laboratory-scale material testing with pilot-scale ...

Nanomaterials Jul 16, 2026

Chemists shrink gallium nitride, the material behind LED lighting, into nanocrystals

Nanocrystals are so useful that they formed the basis of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. But despite their usefulness, scientists have so far been able to make these microscopic crystals from only a limited palette of ...

General Physics Jul 15, 2026

Doughnut‑shaped topology reveals new way to classify knitting, crochet and other textiles

Fabrics are made by repeatedly intertwining yarns into characteristic patterns. Many of their properties, such as stretchiness, arise not only from the material itself but also from how the yarns are arranged and entangled. ...

Archaeology Jul 15, 2026

New evidence of the transition from the last hunter-gatherers to early farming communities

Archaeological work conducted at the Coves del Fem (Ulldemolins, Priorat)—located within the Serra de Montsant Natural Park—between May 30 and June 28, 2026, has yielded important new evidence for understanding the prehistory ...

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