Improving plastic recycling by modifying its carbon–hydrogen bonds
24 February 2022Laurie Donaldson
By studying the knobby starfish, researchers have uncovered principles that could be used to develop strong, lightweight ceramic materials.
24 February 2022
Researchers have developed a quick and cheap method for fabricating flexible supercapacitors based on carbon nanomaterials.
23 February 2022
Researchers have found a way to introduce sulfur into lithium-ion batteries, making them more sustainable and allowing them to store more energy.
23 February 2022
Turning off the superconductivity in a cuprate superconductor with light or magnetism produces a normal state with very similar fundamental physics.
22 February 2022
A complex electrical ‘vortex’-like pattern discovered in ferroelectric materials mirrors a magnetic counterpart in ferromagnetic materials.
22 February 2022
Researchers have developed a composite material that can morph into a new shape, hold that shape and then return to its original shape.
22 February 2022
Researchers have discovered how to change the atomic structure of the thermoelectric material tin selenide with intense pulses of laser light.
16 February 2022
Researchers have revealed the formation mechanism for cerium oxide mesocrystals, showing they don't form in the same way as other crystals.
16 February 2022
Researchers have cast doubt on an experimental approach for demonstrating the existence of axionic behavior in a Weyl semimetal.
16 February 2022
Researchers have developed a solid chlorine-based electrolyte with high ionic conductivity and low electronic conductivity.
15 February 2022
Physicists have shown that fluctuations in tiny magnetic anomalies in 2D materials known as skyrmions can be used to generate random numbers.
15 February 2022
Researchers have developed a surgical sticky tape that can repair leaks and tears in the gastrointestinal tract and other tissues and organs.
14 February 2022
Using just a small voltage and a magnet, researchers have manipulated a liquid metal, getting it to move and form shapes, without any form of contact.
14 February 2022
Researchers have created a 2D polymer material that is tougher than bulletproof glass and stronger than steel.
10 February 2022
By embedding magnets into a rubbery substance, researchers have produced a material that can absorb and release very large quantities of energy.
10 February 2022
Researchers are using machine-learning techniques to streamline the process of synthesizing graphene from waste through flash Joule heating.
9 February 2022
Using a novel computational optimizer, researchers have designed a metamaterial for the asymmetric transmission of linearly polarized light.
9 February 2022
Researchers have fabricated complex branched nanostructures covered in graphene, which could be used for applications such as storing hydrogen.
8 February 2022
Researchers have produced an electrochemical random access memory component with a 2D material, for use in computers that mimic the human brain.
8 February 2022
Researchers have shown that arrays of nanocubes can both confine light in specific locations and allow tunable control of its energy.
7 February 2022
Researchers have shown that the 2D material hexagonal boron nitride can be used to build much smaller capacitors for superconducting qubits.
4 February 2022
Researchers have used graphene to mimic the Schwinger production of electron and positron pairs, which normally only occurs in cosmic events.
4 February 2022
Researchers have made a fundamental discovery about the atomic structure and vibrations in perovskite oxide superlattices.
3 February 2022
Researchers have confirmed that cuprates make the transition to a superconducting state in two distinct steps at very different temperatures.
3 February 2022
Researchers have developed a novel spin-coating technique for producing perovskite photovoltaic materials on an industrial scale.
2 February 2022
Near-infrared fluorescence emitted by microscopic crystals of silicon when illuminated with visible light can be used to detect cracks in concrete.
2 February 2022
Researchers have developed a soft, stretchable, self-powered thermometer that can be integrated into stretchable electronics and soft robots.
1 February 2022
A novel catalyst can transform a mixture of three monomers into well-defined, ordered diblock terpolymers in a single step.
1 February 2022