It's hard to believe that a single material can be described by as many superlatives as graphene can. Since its discovery in 2004, scientists have found that the lacy, honeycomb-like sheet of carbon atoms - essentially the ...
Nanophysics
Mar 5, 2018
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With their insensitivity to decoherence, Majorana particles could become stable building blocks of quantum computers. The problem is that they only occur under very special circumstances. Now, researchers at Chalmers University ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 19, 2018
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A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Engineering has devised a fast, cheap and green method to convert cotton-based fabric waste, such as unwanted clothing, into highly compressible and ...
Materials Science
Feb 14, 2018
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An international team at BESSY II headed by Prof. Oliver Rader has shown that the puzzling properties of samarium hexaboride do not stem from the material being a topological insulator, as was previously proposed. Theoretical ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 7, 2018
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Israeli and US researchers have developed a new, highly efficient coherent and robust semiconductor laser system: the topological insulator laser.
Optics & Photonics
Feb 2, 2018
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The merits of graphene, a 2-D sheet of carbon atoms, are well established. In its wake have followed a host of post-graphene materials—structural analogues of graphene made of elements such as silicon or germanium.
Nanomaterials
Jan 22, 2018
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ETH physicists have developed a silicon wafer that behaves like a topological insulator when stimulated using ultrasound. They have thereby succeeded in turning an abstract theoretical concept into a macroscopic product.
Quantum Physics
Jan 16, 2018
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The better a building is insulated, the less heat is lost in winter—and the less energy is needed to achieve a comfortable room temperature. The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) regularly raises the requirements for ...
Materials Science
Jan 16, 2018
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You don't have to be perfectly organized to pull off a wave, according to University of Chicago scientists.
Quantum Physics
Jan 15, 2018
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From various magnetic tapes, floppy disks and computer hard disk drives, magnetic materials have been storing our electronic information along with our valuable knowledge and memories for well over half of a century.
General Physics
Jan 9, 2018
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