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July 16, 2025
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July 12, 2025 — Researchers at the University of Illinois have pulled off a laser first: they built a new kind of eye-safe laser that works at room temperature, using a buried layer of glass-like material instead of the usual air holes. This design not only boosts ...
July 10, 2025 — A groundbreaking step in AI hardware efficiency comes from Germany, where scientists have engineered a vast spin waveguide network that processes information with far less energy. These spin waves quantum ripples in magnetic materials offer a ...
July 10, 2025 — Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven are doing—constructing intricate 3D nanostructures by harnessing the ...
June 27, 2025 — At Flinders University, scientists have cracked a cleaner and greener way to extract gold—not just from ore, but also from our mounting piles of e-waste. By using a compound normally found in pool ...
June 27, 2025 — Researchers have achieved a major breakthrough by generating quantum spin currents in graphene—without relying on bulky magnetic fields. By pairing graphene with a magnetic material, they unlocked a powerful quantum effect that allows electrons to ...
June 14, 2025 — Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have created a groundbreaking quantum device that can measure 3D acceleration using ultracold atoms, something once thought nearly impossible. By chilling rubidium atoms to near absolute zero and ...
June 2, 2025 — Electronics often get thrown away after use because recycling them requires extensive work for little payoff. Researchers have now found a way to change the ...
June 2, 2025 — Despite advances in machine vision, processing visual data requires substantial computing resources and energy, limiting deployment in edge devices. Now, researchers from Japan have developed a self-powered artificial synapse that distinguishes ...
May 30, 2025 — Students recently unveiled their invention of a robotic actuator -- the 'muscle' that converts energy into a robot's physical movement -- that has the ability to detect punctures or pressure, heal the injury and repair its damage-detecting ...
May 30, 2025 — Researchers proposed a novel strategy for using a magnetic field to boost the efficiency of single-atom catalysts -- thus speeding up helpful reactions used for ammonia production and wastewater ...
May 30, 2025 — In a major advancement for sustainable construction, scientists have created a cement-free soil solidifier from industrial waste. By combining Siding Cut Powder and activated by Earth Silica, an ...
May 30, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated a new technique that uses lasers to create ceramics that can withstand ultra-high temperatures, with applications ranging from nuclear power technologies to spacecraft ...
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July 6, 2025 — Deep in Chile’s Atacama Desert, scientists studied a green crystal called atacamite—and discovered it can cool itself dramatically when placed in a magnetic field. Unlike a regular fridge, this ...
June 23, 2025 — Researchers in Sweden have developed a powerful new material that dramatically boosts the ability to create hydrogen fuel from water using sunlight, making the process eight times more effective than ...
June 22, 2025 — Two German physicists have reimagined how to create powerful and uniform magnetic fields using compact permanent magnets. By overcoming the limitations of the well-known Halbach array, which works ...
June 22, 2025 — A Rice University team discovered that bubbling CO₂ through a mild acid dramatically improves the lifespan and efficiency of electrochemical devices that convert CO₂ into useful fuels. This ...
June 17, 2025 — In a leap toward greener tech, researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute have discovered a way to control magnetic textures using electric fields no bulky magnets needed. Their star material? A ...
June 14, 2025 — Scientists at the University of Michigan have unlocked a long-standing mystery about quasicrystals exotic materials that straddle the line between the orderly structure of crystals and the chaos of ...
June 5, 2025 — Harvard and PSI scientists have managed to freeze normally fleeting quantum states in time, creating a pathway to control them using pure electronic tricks and laser ...
May 30, 2025 — Materials scientists have succeeded in creating a genuine 2D hybrid material called ...
May 29, 2025 — Physicists have unveiled a breakthrough in quantum sensing by demonstrating a 2D material as a versatile platform for next-generation nanoscale ...
May 29, 2025 — Reducing travel speeds and using an intelligent queuing system at busy ports can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from oceangoing container ...
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May 28, 2025 — A new study in Nature describes both the mechanism and the material conditions necessary for superfluorescence at high ...
May 28, 2025 — Engineers have developed a multifunctional, reconfigurable component for an optical computing system that could be a game changer in ...
May 27, 2025 — Engineers developed a fuel cell that offers more than three times as much energy per pound compared to lithium-ion batteries. Powered by a reaction between sodium metal and air, the device could be ...
May 23, 2025 — Diamond quantum sensors can be used to analyze the magnetization response of soft magnetic materials used in power electronics; report scientists based on collaborative research. Using a novel ...
May 23, 2025 — Researchers united insights from cellular biology, quantum computing, old-fashioned semiconductors and high-definition TVs to both create a revolutionary new quantum biosensor. In doing so, they shed ...
May 22, 2025 — Self-driving cars which eliminate traffic jams, getting a healthcare diagnosis instantly without leaving your home, or feeling the touch of loved ones based across the continent may sound like the ...
May 22, 2025 — A newly discovered silicone variant is a semiconductor, researchers have discovered -- upending assumptions that the material class is exclusively ...
May 22, 2025 — The risk of heavy rainfall and severe flooding increases with climate change. But property owners -- regardless of size -- often underestimate their own responsibility and are unaware of what ...
May 22, 2025 — A new artificial intelligence system pinpoints the origin of 3D printed parts down to the specific machine that made them. The technology could allow manufacturers to monitor their suppliers and ...
May 21, 2025 — Researchers have discovered a new class of materials -- called intercrystals -- with unique electronic properties that could power future technologies. Intercrystals exhibit newly discovered forms of ...
May 21, 2025 — Researchers have unveiled a breakthrough in solid-state cooling technology, doubling the efficiency of today's commercial systems. Driven by the Lab's patented nano-engineered thin-film ...
May 21, 2025 — Ferromagnetic semiconductors, which combine semiconductor and magnetic properties, are key to developing spin-based devices. Previously studied materials, such as (Ga,Mn)As, have Curie temperatures ...
May 21, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated that by using a semiconductor with flexible bonds, the material can be moulded into various structures using nano containers, without altering its composition, the ...
May 20, 2025 — Researchers have developed an inexpensive and potentially scalable approach that uses a commercially available peroxide to bind polyethylene and polypropylene together, thereby creating a more ...
May 20, 2025 — The orbital angular momentum of electrons has long been considered a minor physical phenomenon, suppressed in most crystals and largely overlooked. Scientists have now discovered that in certain ...
May 19, 2025 — Although glasses exhibit disordered atomic structures, X-ray and neutron scattering reveal a subtle periodicity. Researchers have demonstrated that this hidden periodicity -- referred to as ...
May 16, 2025 — Molecules like DNA are capable of storing large amounts of data without requiring an energy source, but accessing this molecular data is expensive and time consuming. Researchers have now developed ...
May 15, 2025 — Whether bismuth is part of a class of materials highly suitable for quantum computing and spintronics was a long-standing issue. Research has now revealed that the true nature of bismuth was masked ...
May 15, 2025 — Researchers have discovered the mechanism for supercurrent rectification, in which current flows primarily in one direction in a superconductor. By using a specific iron-based superconductor, they ...
May 15, 2025 — Found in knee replacements and bone plates, aircraft components, and catalytic converters, the exceptionally strong metals known as multiple principal element alloys (MPEA) are about to get even ...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
- Solitonic Superfluorescence Paves Way for High-Temperature Quantum Materials
- New Chiral Photonic Device Combines Light Manipulation With Memory
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Friday, May 23, 2025
- Quantum Eyes on Energy Loss: Diamond Quantum Imaging for Next-Gen Power Electronics
- New Biosensor Solves Old Quantum Riddle
Thursday, May 22, 2025
- Researchers Make Breakthrough in Semiconductor Technology Set to Supercharge 6G Delivery
- A Rule-Breaking, Colorful Silicone That Could Conduct Electricity
- How Property Owners Can Work to Prevent Flooding
- 3D Printers Leave Hidden 'fingerprints' That Reveal Part Origins
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
- Scientists Discover Class of Crystals With Properties That May Prove Revolutionary
- Nano-Engineered Thermoelectrics Enable Scalable, Compressor-Free Cooling
- Achieving a Record-High Curie Temperature in Ferromagnetic Semiconductor
- Mind the Band Gap! -- Researchers Create New Nanoscale Forms of Elementary Semiconductor With Tunable Electronic Properties
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
- Commercially Available Peroxide Binds Incompatible Polymers for Recycling
- Forgotten Property of the Electron
Monday, May 19, 2025
Friday, May 16, 2025
Thursday, May 15, 2025
- Bismuth's Mask Uncovered: Implications for Quantum Computing and Spintronics Materials
- Resistance Is Futile: Superconducting Diodes Are the Future
- Researchers Develop New Metallic Materials Using Data-Driven Frameworks and Explainable AI
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Superconductors: Amazingly Orderly Disorder
- Digital Lab for Data And Robot-Driven Materials Science
- Got Data? Breastfeeding Device Measures Babies' Milk Intake in Real Time
- New Catalyst Boosts Efficiency of CO2 Conversion
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Friday, May 9, 2025
- Scientists Innovate Mid-Infrared Photodetectors for Exoplanet Detection, Expanding Applications to Environmental and Medical Fields
- Green Fabrication of Hybrid Materials as Highly Sensitive X-Ray Detectors
- Stability Solution Brings Unique Form of Carbon Closer to Practical Application
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- The Squid Galaxy's Neutrino Game Just Leveled Up
- Turning Non-Magnetic Materials Magnetic With Atomically Thin Films
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- Groundbreaking Device Instantly Detects Dangerous Street Drugs, Offering Hope for Harm Reduction
- Is Virtual-Only Couture the New Clothing Craze?
- Smart Spongy Device Captures Water from Thin Air
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- Vapor-Deposited Perovskite Semiconductors Power Next Generation Circuits
- Ultra-Thin Bismuth Holds Unexpected Promise for Green Electronics
- Accordion Effect Makes Graphene Stretchable
Monday, May 5, 2025
- Robotic Touch Sensors Are Not Just Skin Deep
- Big Problem for Fusion Energy Solved
- BESSY II: Insight Into Ultrafast Spin Processes With Femtoslicing
Friday, May 2, 2025
- 'Cold' Manufacturing Approach to Make Next-Gen Batteries
- The Future of Brain Activity Monitoring May Look Like a Strand of Hair
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
- Graduate Student's Discovery Shows That Even Neutral Molecules Take Sides When It Comes to Biochemistry
- Making Magnetic Biomaterials
- Synchrotron in a Closet: Bringing Powerful 3D X-Ray Microscopy to Smaller Labs
Monday, April 28, 2025
- Smart Surfaces: A Powerless Solution to Multipath Signal Interference
- Layered Semiconductor Shows Potential for Next-Gen Data Storage
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Smart Bandage Clears New Hurdle: Monitors Chronic Wounds in Human Patients
- Engineer Reinvents Ceramics With Origami-Inspired 3D Printing
- From Beam to Battery: Single-Step Laser Printing Supercharges High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
- Engineers Print Synthetic 'metamaterials' That Are Both Strong and Stretchy
- Scientists Have Found a Way to 'tattoo' Tardigrades
- New Electronic 'skin' Could Enable Lightweight Night-Vision Glasses
- Material? Robot? It's a Metabot
- Crystal Clear Design for High-Performance Flexible Thermoelectric Semiconductor
Monday, April 21, 2025
Friday, April 18, 2025
Thursday, April 17, 2025
- Researchers Demonstrate New Class of Quantum Materials That Are Both Metallic and One-Dimensional
- Curved Neutron Beams Could Deliver Benefits Straight to Industry
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- A Step Toward Harnessing Clean Energy from Falling Rainwater
- A Compact, Mid-Infrared Pulse Generator
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Friday, April 11, 2025
- Scientists Observe Exotic Quantum Phase Once Thought Impossible
- A Fluid Battery That Can Take Any Shape
- A New Era in Materials Science: Antiferromagnetic Quasicrystals Unveiled
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Hopping Gives This Tiny Robot a Leg Up
- Your Skin Is Breathing: New Wearable Device Can Measure It
- Serendipitous Discovery Could Lead to More Efficient Catalysts
- 3D-Printed Open-Source Robot Offers Accessible Solution for Materials Synthesis
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- Handheld Device Could Transform Heart Disease Screening
- Tiny, Soft Robot Flexes Its Potential as a Life Saver
Monday, April 7, 2025
Friday, April 4, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- 3-D Printed Skin to Replace Animal Testing
- Physicists Uncover Electronic Interactions Mediated Via Spin Waves
- MIT Engineers Develop a Way to Mass Manufacture Nanoparticles That Deliver Cancer Drugs Directly to Tumors
- Strain 'trick' Improves Perovskite Solar Cells' Efficiency
- Researchers Recycle Wind Turbine Blade Materials to Make Improved Plastics
- Carbon Capture Could Become Practical With Scalable, Affordable Materials
- Solar Cells Made of Moon Dust Could Power Future Space Exploration
- Runaway Battery Improves Safety
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Scientists Unveil Starfish-Inspired Wearable Tech for Heart Monitoring
- A New Wave in Ultrafast Magnetic Control
- World's Smallest Pacemaker Is Activated by Light
- Scientists Merge Two 'impossible' Materials Into New Artificial Structure
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Metasurfaces: Bilayer Device Can Control Many Forms of Polarized Light
- An Efficient Self-Assembly Process for Advanced Self-Healing Materials
Monday, March 31, 2025
Friday, March 28, 2025
- New Approach Makes One Type of Clean Fuel Production 66% More Efficient
- Smart Textiles and Surfaces: How Lightweight Elastomer Films Are Bringing Tech to Life
Thursday, March 27, 2025
- A Lighter, Smarter Magnetoreceptive Electronic Skin
- Feeling the Future: New Wearable Tech Simulates Realistic Touch
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- Mini Rolling Robot Takes Virtual Biopsies
- A Cleaner Future for Tires: Scientists Pioneer Chemical Process to Repurpose Rubber Waste
- A Safe Nuclear Battery That Could Last a Lifetime