Brand new physics of superconducting metals refuted by Lancaster physicists
Lancaster scientists have demonstrated that other physicists' recent "discovery" of the field effect in superconductors is nothing but hot electrons after all.
Lancaster scientists have demonstrated that other physicists' recent "discovery" of the field effect in superconductors is nothing but hot electrons after all.
Condensed Matter
May 12, 2021
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Clothing, from tank tops to parkas, helps people adapt to temperatures outdoors. But you can only put on or take off so much of it, and fluctuations in weather can render what you are wearing entirely inadequate. In a new ...
Nanomaterials
May 5, 2021
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Cells breathe, to an extent, exchanging gases, taking in energy sources from the environment and processing it. Now, researchers from Tohoku University in Japan have shone a light on the process in a new way.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 28, 2021
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A wide variety of portable and wearable electronics have become a large part of our daily lives, so a group of Stanford University researchers wondered if these could be powered by harvesting electricity from the waste heat ...
Nanophysics
Apr 27, 2021
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Diodes are widely used electronic devices that act as one-way switches for current. A well-known example is the LED (light-emitting diode), but there is a special class of diodes designed to make use of the phenomenon known ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 20, 2021
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New FLEET research confirms the potential for topological materials to substantially reduce the energy consumed by computing.
Nanophysics
Apr 20, 2021
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Climate-changing CO2 emissions are set to surge by the second-biggest amount in history this year as the global economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, the IEA warned Tuesday, days before a major climate summit.
Environment
Apr 20, 2021
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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have shown that a quantity known as thermoelectric conductivity is an effective measure for the dimensionality of newly developed thermoelectric nanomaterials. Studying films ...
Nanophysics
Apr 12, 2021
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Nitrogen dioxide, an air pollutant emitted by fossil fuel-powered cars and gas-burning stoves is not only bad for the climate—it's bad for our health. Long-term exposure to NO2 has been linked to increased heart disease, ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 29, 2021
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Chinese scientists have proposed a highly reliable thermal power generator by combining thermoacoustic effect and triboelectric effect.
General Physics
Mar 26, 2021
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