High temperature superconductivity is something of a holy grail for researchers studying quantum materials. Superconductors, which conduct electricity without dissipating energy, promise to revolutionize our energy and telecommunication ...
Superconductivity
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A team of researchers at Cornell has developed an ultrathin film of cesium antimonide that can be used as a highly efficient photocathode. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the group describes ...
In a world first, a team co-led by a physicist at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has discovered that excitons—excited electrons bound to empty electron "holes"—can exist stably and travel rapidly through metal. ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 22, 2022
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Scientists from the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Vanderbilt University, City University of New York, University of Nebraska, and University of Iowa have just published new results on asymmetric light-matter ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 25, 2022
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In a recent study published in the journal ACS Catalysis researchers from Kanazawa University describe novel scanning electrochemical cell microscopy measurements to determine sites of photoelectrochemical activity in titanium ...
Materials Science
Feb 21, 2022
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Physicists from MIPT and Skoltech have found a way to modify and purposely tune the electronic properties of carbon nanotubes to meet the requirements of novel electronic devices. The paper is published in Carbon.
Nanophysics
Feb 10, 2022
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New methods for measuring the size and concentration of ultrafine particles using charged plasmas can be used to make future sensors for health benefits.
Plasma Physics
Feb 9, 2022
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have gained insight into a fundamental process found throughout the universe. They discovered that the magnetic fields threading ...
Plasma Physics
Feb 4, 2022
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The whirling blades on drones flying above Mars may cause tiny electric currents to flow in the Martian atmosphere, according to a NASA study. These currents, if large enough, might cause the air surrounding the craft to ...
Space Exploration
Feb 2, 2022
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Francis Crick, who famously co-discovered the shape of DNA, once said: "If you want to understand function, study structure." Many decades later, this remains a tenet of biology, chemistry, and materials science.
Analytical Chemistry
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