Search results for anisotropic

Earth Sciences Oct 27, 2025

New earthquake model goes against the grain

When a slab slides beneath an overriding plate in a subduction zone, the slab takes on a property called anisotropy, meaning its strength is not the same in all directions. Anisotropy is what causes a wooden board to break ...

Analytical Chemistry Oct 21, 2025

Magnetic interactions in new alloy catalyst enhance hydrogen fuel cell performance

A research team led by Professor Jong Sung Yu of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at DGIST has developed a new alloy structure that can significantly enhance the performance of electrode catalysts, a key component ...

Optics & Photonics Oct 6, 2025

Researchers integrate waveguide physics into metasurfaces for advanced light control

Ultrathin structures that can bend, focus, or filter light, metasurfaces are reshaping how scientists think about optics. These engineered materials offer precise control over lights behavior, but many conventional designs ...

General Physics Sep 26, 2025

Physics-informed AI learns local rules behind flocking and collective motion behaviors

Researchers at Seoul National University and Kyung Hee University report a framework to control collective motions, such as ring, clumps, mill, flock, by training a physics-informed AI to learn the local rules that govern ...

Condensed Matter Sep 19, 2025

Researchers are first to image directional atomic vibrations

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, together with international collaborators, have developed a new electron microscopy method that has enabled the first-ever imaging of vibrations, or phonons, in specific ...

Nanomaterials Sep 5, 2025

Gold quantum needles could sharpen imaging resolution and boost energy conversion

Researchers Shinjiro Takano, Yuya Hamasaki, and Tatsuya Tsukuda of the University of Tokyo have successfully visualized the geometric structure of growing gold nanoclusters in their earliest stages. During this process, they ...

Condensed Matter Aug 21, 2025

Symmetry-based Floquet optical selection rules help explain light-induced sidebands

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD), in collaboration with international partners, have developed momentum-resolved Floquet optical selection rules. They show how these ...

Optics & Photonics Aug 13, 2025

The first experimental realization of quantum optical skyrmions in a semiconductor QED system

Skyrmions are localized, particle-like excitations in materials that retain their structure due to topological constraints (i.e., restrictions arising from properties that remain unchanged under smooth deformations). These ...

Nanomaterials Aug 12, 2025

Mirror-like graphite films break records in strength and conductivity

Graphite has attracted global interest due to its unique anisotropic properties, including excellent electrical and thermal conductivity. Widely used as a battery anode material and in applications such as electromagnetic ...

Astronomy Aug 8, 2025

The universe's first stars unveiled in turbulent simulations

Understanding the early universe is a foundational goal in space science. We're driven to understand nature and how it evolved from a super-heated plasma after the Big Bang to the structured cosmos we see around us today. ...

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