Phosphorus a promising semiconductor
(Phys.org) —Defects damage the ideal properties of many two-dimensional materials, like carbon-based graphene. Phosphorus just shrugs.
Nanophysics
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Accelerating quantum technologies with materials processing at the atomic scale
'Quantum technologies' utilise the unique phenomena of quantum superposition and entanglement to encode and process information, with potentially profound benefits to a wide range of information technologies from communications ...
Optics & Photonics
May 14, 2019
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Researchers make breakthrough in high-pressure magnetic detection
According to a study published in Nature Materials, a collaborative research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the University of Science and Technology of China ...
Superconductivity
Mar 23, 2023
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Plugging up leaky graphene: New technique may enable faster, more durable water filters
For faster, longer-lasting water filters, some scientists are looking to graphene —thin, strong sheets of carbon—to serve as ultrathin membranes, filtering out contaminants to quickly purify high volumes of water.
Nanomaterials
May 7, 2015
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Physicists grow pleats in two-dimensional curved spaces
(PhysOrg.com) -- A design feature well known in skirts and trousers has now been identified in curved, two-dimensional crystals. As University of Chicago physicist William Irvine and his colleagues report in this week’s ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 23, 2010
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Searching for defects in space
Topological defects in space may have developed fractions of a second after the Big Bang. Simulations of these wormlike entities and a comparison of the simulations with cosmic background radiation measurements by the Planck ...
General Physics
Dec 19, 2012
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Cosmology in the lab using laser-cooled ions
Scientists would love to know which forces created our universe some 14 billion years ago. How could – due to a breaking of symmetry – matter, and thus stars and galaxies, be created from an originally symmetrical universe ...
General Physics
Aug 12, 2013
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Chinese team uses base editing to repair genetic disease in human embryo
A team of researchers in China has used a form of the CRISPR gene editing technique to repair a genetic defect in a viable human embryo. In their paper published in the journal Molecular Therapy, the group describes their ...
Chemicals released during natural gas extraction may harm reproduction and development
Unconventional oil and gas (UOG) operations combine directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," to release natural gas from underground rock. Recent discussions have centered on potential air and water pollution ...
Environment
Dec 5, 2014
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Best of Last Week – Detecting dark matter with GPS, a gel that stops bleeding and the benefits of fasting
(Phys.org) —It was an interesting time for physics last week as one team of researchers suggested that elusive dark matter may be detected with GPS satellites. They propose testing the idea that dark matter is arranged ...
