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March 18, 2025

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Scientists Tune in to Rhombohedral Graphene's Potential

Mar. 17, 2025 — Scientists are investigating how structures made from several layers of graphene stack up in terms of their fundamental physics and their potential as reconfigurable semiconductors for advanced ...

Spinning, Twisted Light Could Power Next-Generation Electronics

Mar. 13, 2025 — Researchers have advanced a decades-old challenge in the field of organic semiconductors, opening new possibilities for the future of electronics. The researchers have created an organic semiconductor that forces electrons to move in a spiral ...

Exciting Moments on the Edge

Mar. 12, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated that phosphorene nanoribbons (PNRs) exhibit both magnetic and semiconducting properties at room temperature. The research establishes PNRs as a unique class of low-dimensional materials that challenges conventional ...

New 'One-Pot' Technique a Breakthrough for Material Synthesis

Mar. 6, 2025 — A new technique builds inorganic and polymer battery electrolytes at the same time, in the same vessel. This 'one-pot' in-situ method creates a controlled, homogeneous blend, pairing the conductivity of the inorganic solids with the flexibility of ...

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Touchless Tech: Control Fabrics With a Wave of Your Finger

Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have created washable and durable magnetic field sensing electronic textiles -- thought to be the first of their kind -- which they say paves the way to transform use in clothing. This ...

Single-Qubit Sensing Puts New Spin on Quantum Materials Discovery

Mar. 5, 2025 — Working at nanoscale dimensions, billionths of a meter in size, a team of scientists revealed a new way to measure high-speed fluctuations in magnetic materials. Knowledge obtained by these new ...

Unraveling How a 'Magnetic Twist' Induces One-Way Electric Flow

Feb. 27, 2025 — A twist you'll never see coming: a breakthrough in understanding the relationship between chirality and electric flow at a microscopic level may help us develop chiral information ...

Powering the Future -- Ultrathin Films Are Revolutionizing Electrical Conductivity

Feb. 28, 2025 — A multi-institutional research team has engineered a way to preserve the electrical properties of materials as they are shrunk to the nanoscale. The ...

Material's 'Incipient' Property Could Jumpstart Fast, Low-Power Electronics

Feb. 26, 2025 — Scientists have harnessed a unique property called incipient ferroelectricity to create a new type of computer memory that could revolutionize how electronic devices work, such as using much less ...

Mesoporous Silicon: Semiconductor With New Talents

Feb. 25, 2025 — Silicon is the best-known semiconductor material. However, controlled nanostructuring drastically alters the material's properties. Using a specially developed etching apparatus, a team has now ...

A Miniature Swimming Robot Inspired by Marine Flatworms

Feb. 19, 2025 — Engineers have developed a versatile swimming robot that nimbly navigates cluttered water surfaces. Inspired by marine flatworms, the innovative device offers new possibilities for environmental ...

Chip-Based System for Terahertz Waves Could Enable More Efficient, Sensitive Electronics

Feb. 20, 2025 — Researchers developed a low-cost, scalable terahertz amplifier that could be used to make antenna arrays that can steer and focus high-frequency ...

Cooling Materials -- Out of the 3D Printer

Feb. 20, 2025 — Rapid, localized heat management is essential for electronic devices and could have applications ranging from wearable materials to burn treatment. While so-called thermoelectric materials convert ...

For Success in Bioelectronics, Build With Nature-Inspired Design

Feb. 19, 2025 — Researchers have 3D printed bioelectronic scaffolds that have the properties cells need to form new ...

Magnetic Switch Traps Quantum Information Carriers in One Dimension

Feb. 19, 2025 — A quantum 'miracle material' could support magnetic switching, a team of researchers has ...

A Breakthrough in Hydrogen Catalysis: Electronic Fine-Tuning Unlocks Superior Performance

Feb. 19, 2025 — In a breakthrough for hydrogen technology, researchers have introduced an innovative electronic fine-tuning approach that enhances the interaction between zinc and ...

Breakthrough in Wireless Charging Technology

Feb. 19, 2025 — The efficiency of wireless charging systems is limited by power loss occurring due to frequency changes in the resonant circuits that enable power transfer. These necessary modulations reduce ...

The Use of MRI to Directly Observe Metal-Ion Dissolution in Lithium Battery Cathodes

Feb. 14, 2025 — Over time, batteries break down. Studying this process in-depth with imaging techniques may help us improve the lifespan of ...

Unique Five-Atom Bismuth Ring Synthesized

Feb. 13, 2025 — Researchers have synthesized a Bi5-ring, a molecule with five bismuth atoms, and stabilized it in a metal complex. Their discovery fills a gap in chemical knowledge and enables future applications in ...

Scientists Develop Novel Self-Healing Electronic Skin for Health Monitoring

Feb. 12, 2025 — Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in wearable health technology by developing a novel self-healing electronic skin (E-Skin) that repairs itself in seconds after damage. This could potentially ...

Breakthrough in Opto-Magnetic Technology: 5-Fold Increase in Torque Efficiency

Feb. 6, 2025 — Researchers created platinum-mixed metallic magnetic nanofilms that are 5x more efficient -- the ultimate energy-saving ...

'Living' Electrodes Breathe New Life Into Traditional Silicon Electronics

Feb. 5, 2025 — Researchers have developed advanced terahertz photodetectors containing 'living' microelectrodes. A vanadium dioxide (VO2) layer was precisely deposited on a silicon substrate. Temperature ...

From Bowling Balls to Hip Joints: Chemists Create Recyclable Alternative to Durable Plastics

Jan. 30, 2025 — Researchers have developed a recyclable alternative to a durable class of plastics used for items like car tires, replacement hip joints and bowling ...

Scientists 'Mimic Real Biological Processes' Using Synthetic Neurons

Jan. 29, 2025 — A new collaboration has unlocked new potential for the field by creating a novel high-performance organic electrochemical neuron that responds within the frequency range of human ...

Peeling Back the Layers: Exploring Capping Effects on Nickelate Superconductivity

Jan. 24, 2025 — Researchers used cutting-edge X-ray techniques to gain new insights into 'infinite-layer' nickelate ...

Make It Worth Weyl: Engineering the First Semimetallic Weyl Quantum Crystal

Jan. 23, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated an ideal Weyl semimetal, marking a breakthrough in a decade-old problem of quantum ...

New Optical Memory Unit Poised to Improve Processing Speed and Efficiency

Jan. 23, 2025 — Researchers have developed a new type of optical memory called a programmable photonic latch that is fast and scalable, enabling temporary data storage in optical processing systems and offering a ...

Scientists Harness the Power of 'Layered' Crystals for Energy Innovation

Jan. 21, 2025 — Scientists are unlocking the secrets of halide perovskites -- a material that's poised to reshape our future by bringing us closer to a new age of energy-efficient optoelectronics. Two physics ...

Harnessing Electromagnetic Waves and Quantum Materials to Improve Wireless Communication Technologies

Jan. 21, 2025 — A team of researchers has developed innovative methods to enhance frequency conversion of terahertz (THz) waves in graphene-based structures, unlocking new potential for faster, more efficient ...

Polymer Research Shows Potential Replacement for Common Superglues With a Reusable and Biodegradable Alternative

Jan. 16, 2025 — Researchers have developed an adhesive polymer that is stronger than current commercially available options while also being biodegradable, tunable, and reusable. The findings show how the common, ...

Robots Should Be Repurposed Rather Than Recycled to Combat Rising Scale of E-Waste, Scientists Warn

Jan. 16, 2025 — The robotics industry should be creating robots that could be reprogrammed and repurposed for other tasks once its life span is completed, researchers have ...

A New Optical Memory Platform for Super Fast Calculations

Jan. 15, 2025 — For decades there has been near constant progress in reducing the size, and increasing the performance, of the circuits that power computers and smartphones. But Moore's Law is ending as ...

Engineers Develop Breakthrough Method for Aluminum Surfaces, Enabling Advancements in Cooling, Self-Cleaning and Anti-Icing Technologies

Jan. 15, 2025 — An international team of engineers has developed an innovative, scalable method for creating topography-patterned aluminum surfaces, enhancing liquid transport properties critical for applications in ...

Researchers Invent Soft, Bioelectronic Sensor Implant

Jan. 14, 2025 — Scientists describe their construction of complementary, internal, ion-gated, organic electrochemical transistors that are more amenable chemically, biologically and electronically to living tissues ...