Move over Godzilla vs. King Kong—this is the crossover event you've been waiting for. Well, at least if you're a condensed matter physicist. Harvard University researchers have demonstrated the first material that can have ...
Quantum Physics
Dec 5, 2019
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While crystals have been studied for centuries and are ubiquitous in daily life—they are in our bones, the food we eat and the batteries we use—scientists still don't fully understand how crystals grow or how to efficiently ...
Materials Science
Nov 12, 2019
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Technology is getting smaller—which is good news.
Materials Science
Sep 13, 2019
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Cardiff University scientists have revealed the true extent of the internal 'plumbing system' that drives volcanic activity around the world.
Earth Sciences
Aug 8, 2019
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A synthetic approach developed by KAUST researchers generates homogeneous and defect-free crystals that could fast-track the commercialization of perovskite solar cells.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 11, 2019
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Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) developed a new technique that could enable future advancements in quantum technology.
Quantum Physics
Jul 9, 2019
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In 1985, Noboru Kimizuka of the National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials, Japan had pioneered the idea of polycrystalline indium-gallium-zinc oxide (IGZO) ceramics, with the general chemical formula (InGaO3)m(ZnO)n ...
Materials Science
Jun 17, 2019
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Marialucia Longo and Tobias Schrader at the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) based at FRM II in Garching, Germany have been designing and testing a crystallization chamber to grow large protein crystals.
Materials Science
Jun 17, 2019
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Crystal growth is a crucial issue for fundamental science and wide applications. The growth morphology and speed are generally determined by an interplay between macroscopic thermodynamic driving forces and the microscopic ...
Condensed Matter
Jun 5, 2019
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Chinese scientists have revealed that a new substance can form during the oriented attachment (OA) process of crystal growth, which may shed new light on the microscopic mechanism of crystal growth.
Materials Science
May 29, 2019
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