Theoretical physicists Kamran Ullah and Hameed Ullah have shown that a position-dependent mass optomechanical system involving a cavity between two mirrors, one attached to a resonator, can enhance induced transparency and ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 16, 2020
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A world-first study by Monash University engineers has demonstrated improvements in the fatigue life of high strength aluminium alloys by 25 times—a significant outcome for the transport manufacturing industry.
Materials Science
Oct 15, 2020
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have proposed a novel method for finding dark matter, the cosmos's mystery material that has eluded detection for decades. Dark ...
Space Exploration
Oct 14, 2020
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Nanogenerators capable of converting mechanical energy into electricity are typically made from metal oxides and lead-based perovskites. But these inorganic materials aren't biocompatible, so the race is on to create natural ...
Nanophysics
Sep 15, 2020
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NUS researchers have developed a parameter-free approach to quantitatively predict the response of two-dimensional (2-D) valleytronics materials to an external magnetic field. These predictions are important because they ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 08, 2020
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Low-temperature plasmas offer promise for applications in medicine, water purification, agriculture, pollutant removal, nanomaterial synthesis and more. Yet making these plasmas by conventional methods takes several thousand ...
Plasma Physics
Sep 04, 2020
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Researchers at Oregon State University have made a key advance in the green chemistry pursuit of converting the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into reusable forms of carbon via electrochemical reduction.
Materials Science
Aug 13, 2020
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The geometry of an object indicates its shape or the relationship of its parts to each other. Did you know that the electrons in solids also have geometric structures? In quantum mechanics, an electron in solids takes the ...
Quantum Physics
Aug 05, 2020
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A team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used a simple process to implant atoms precisely into the top layers of ultra-thin crystals, yielding two-sided structures with different chemical compositions. ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 25, 2020
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Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CNIC) have identified the molecular mechanism by which mitochondria, the main source of the cell's energy supply, regulate their function to optimize energy ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 24, 2020
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