/ en-us Â鶹ÒùÔº internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Â鶹ÒùÔºics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Imagine a clock that doesn't have electricity, but its hands and gears spin on their own for all eternity. In a new study, physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have used liquid crystals, the same materials that are in your phone display, to create such a clock—or, at least, as close as humans can get to that idea. The team's advancement is a new example of a "time crystal." That's the name for a curious phase of matter in which the pieces, such as atoms or other particles, exist in constant motion. /news/2025-09-physicists-kind-crystal-humans.html Condensed Matter Soft Matter Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:30:05 EDT news676297428 Graphene is an extraordinary material—a sheet of interlocking carbon atoms just one atom thick that is stable and extremely conductive. This makes it useful in a range of areas, such as flexible electronic displays, highly precise sensors, powerful batteries, and efficient solar cells. /news/2025-09-floquet-effects-graphene-potential-future.html Condensed Matter Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:10:06 EDT news676296601 The existing bottleneck in efficiently miniaturizing components for quantum computers could be eased with the help of 3D printing. /news/2025-09-3d-micro-ion-quantum-tech.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Fri, 05 Sep 2025 08:47:38 EDT news676280851 Since 1945, three-quarters of all global economic growth has been driven by technological advances. Since 1990, 90% of that advance has been rooted in fundamental science, according to Michael M. Crow, president of Arizona State University. /news/2025-09-reveals-glaring-gaps-australia-future.html Education Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:50:01 EDT news676205755 Methane (CHâ‚„), the colorless and odorless gas that makes up most natural gas on Earth, has so far been converted into useful fuels and chemicals via energy-intensive processes that need to be carried out at high temperatures. Some energy researchers, however, have been exploring the possibility of transforming this gas into useful hydrocarbons and chemicals via photocatalysis. /news/2025-09-gold-tio-catalyst-enables-efficient.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Thu, 04 Sep 2025 11:51:07 EDT news676205462 Just one year after NREL materials science researchers Matthew Hautzinger and Sage Bauers met to exchange notes on underexplored materials in nanotechnology, their synthesis of promising Zintl-phase quantum dots is attracting attention with its bright photoluminescent glow, chemical stability, and Earth-abundant ingredients. /news/2025-09-built-brilliance-zintl-phase-quantum.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Thu, 04 Sep 2025 09:14:04 EDT news676196041 Quantum computers promise enormous computational power, but the nature of quantum states makes computation and data inherently "noisy." Rice University computer scientists have developed algorithms that account for noise that is not just random but malicious. Their work could help make quantum computers more accurate and dependable. /news/2025-09-algorithms-malicious-noise-result-accurate.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 03 Sep 2025 15:24:04 EDT news676131841 Traditional polymers such as plastics are widely utilized for their chemical inertness and durability. However, these very properties make them non-degradable in nature and cause long-term environmental damage due to their persistence. /news/2025-09-explore-strategies-environmentally-safe-polymer.html Polymers Analytical Chemistry Wed, 03 Sep 2025 13:09:04 EDT news676123741 Researchers have demonstrated a new fabrication approach that enables the exploration of a broader range of superconducting materials for quantum hardware. /news/2025-09-fabrication-technique-door-materials-quantum.html Superconductivity Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 03 Sep 2025 08:59:03 EDT news676108741 The nostalgic "glow-in-the-dark" stars that twinkle on the ceilings of childhood bedrooms operate on a phenomenon called phosphorescence. Here, a material absorbs energy and later releases it in the form of light. However, recent demand for softer, phosphorescent materials has presented researchers with a unique challenge, as producing organic liquids with efficient phosphorescence at room temperature is considered difficult. /news/2025-09-liquid-efficient-phosphorescence.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Wed, 03 Sep 2025 05:00:06 EDT news676043713 How can data be processed at lightning speed, or electricity conducted without loss? To achieve this, scientists and industry alike are turning to quantum materials, governed by the laws of the infinitesimal. Designing such materials requires a detailed understanding of atomic phenomena, much of which remains unexplored. /news/2025-09-quantum-curvature-warps-electron-hinting.html Condensed Matter Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Tue, 02 Sep 2025 09:37:18 EDT news676024629 For several decades, a central puzzle in quantum physics has remained unsolved: Could electrons behave like a perfect, frictionless fluid with electrical properties described by a universal quantum number? /news/2025-09-graphene-reveals-electrons-frictionless-fluid.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:53:13 EDT news675949986 Nucleons, which include protons and neutrons, are the composite particles that make up atomic nuclei. While these particles have been widely studied in the past, their internal structure has not yet been fully elucidated. /news/2025-08-marathon-precise-nucleon.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Fri, 29 Aug 2025 06:30:01 EDT news675433820 Kai Sun of the University of Michigan is a humble physics professor with ambitious goals. "I'm mainly a paper-and-pencil type of theorist, doing analytical calculations mostly," Sun said. "My interests are pretty broad, but basically searching for new fundamental principles and new phenomena, especially new phenomena and new physics previously believed to be impossible." /news/2025-08-quantum-state-boost-future-technologies.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:13:07 EDT news675612784 In a first-of-its-kind experiment, engineers at the University of Pennsylvania brought quantum networking out of the lab and onto commercial fiber-optic cables using the same Internet Protocol (IP) that powers today's web. /news/2025-08-quantum-standard-internet-protocol.html Optics & Photonics Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:00:01 EDT news675508613 Quantum researchers have deployed a new algorithm to manage noise in qubits in real time. The method can be applied to a wide range of different qubits, even in large numbers. /news/2025-08-clever-algorithm-enables-real-noise.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:46:04 EDT news675603961 An international research team led by Robert Ott and Hannes Pichler has developed a novel architecture for quantum processors that is specifically designed for simulating fermions—particles such as electrons. The method can be implemented using technologies already available today. /news/2025-08-blueprint-error-fermionic-quantum-processors.html Optics & Photonics Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 28 Aug 2025 08:46:04 EDT news675589562 In stoichiometric compounds (compounds with fixed ratios of elements), the elemental ratios are dictated by chemical stability, which constrains how much the composition, and consequently the number of valence electron-per-atom (e/a) ratio, can be adjusted. Tuning e/a has proved to be a promising strategy to architect magnetic properties in many intermetallic compounds, especially those with complex structures including quasicrystals (QCs) and their structurally related approximant crystals (ACs). /news/2025-08-material-strategy-magnetic-tunability-quasicrystal.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:23:20 EDT news675523396 The same technology behind MRI images of injury or disease also powers nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, which is used to analyze biological molecules for research on diseases and therapeutics. While NMR spectroscopy produces valuable data about the structure of molecules, the resolution is too low to sense individual atoms. /news/2025-08-mri-technology-quantum-advancement-2d.html Optics & Photonics Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:11:04 EDT news675515461 Reactions are typically driven by heat. However, in recent years, light has also established itself as an energy source, as it allows chemical reactions to be controlled with exceptional precision. This process is known as photochemistry. /news/2025-08-common-metal-unusual-power-manganese.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Wed, 27 Aug 2025 11:50:03 EDT news675514201 RIKEN physicists have created the first thin films featuring a special combination of electrical and topological properties. This demonstration could help to realize new forms of electronics that are highly energy efficient. /news/2025-08-physicists-thin-topological-insulators-ferroelectric.html Condensed Matter Wed, 27 Aug 2025 10:53:39 EDT news675510815 Nearly a decade after they first demonstrated that soft materials could guide the formation of superconductors, Cornell researchers have achieved a one-step, 3D printing method that produces superconductors with record properties. /news/2025-08-3d-superconductor-soft-approach.html Superconductivity Soft Matter Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:44:57 EDT news675434692 A research team has developed a new material that can significantly enhance the lifetime and efficiency of quantum-dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs), which is a next-generation display technology. Applying a high-binding-energy organic material, which is resistant to degradation under electrical and thermal stress, to the hole transport layer (HTL) is expected to contribute to developing next-generation QLEDs that can maintain brightness and stability over extended periods. /news/2025-08-high-energy-material-qled-efficiency.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:55:03 EDT news675359701 While quantum computers are already being used for research in chemistry, material science, and data security, most are still too small to be useful for large-scale applications. A study led by researchers at the University of California, Riverside, now shows how "scalable" quantum architectures—systems made up of many small chips working together as one powerful unit—can be made. /news/2025-08-larger-reliable-quantum-imperfect-links.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:40:04 EDT news675358802 Researchers at North Carolina State University have unveiled Rainbow, a first-of-its-kind multi-robot self-driving laboratory that autonomously discovers high-performance quantum dots—semiconductor nanoparticles critical for next-generation displays, solar cells, LEDs and quantum-engineering technologies. /news/2025-08-rainbow-multi-robot-lab-quantum.html Nanomaterials Mon, 25 Aug 2025 10:13:03 EDT news675335581 Quantum computers hold the potential of solving some optimization and data processing problems that cannot be tackled by classical computers. Many of the most promising quantum computing platforms developed so far are based on superconducting qubits, tiny circuits based on superconducting materials. /news/2025-08-high-fidelity-entangling-gates-remote.html Superconductivity Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Sun, 24 Aug 2025 08:30:01 EDT news675081879 A line of engineering research seeks to develop computers that can tackle a class of challenges called combinatorial optimization problems. These are common in real-world applications such as arranging telecommunications, scheduling, and travel routing to maximize efficiency. /news/2025-08-physics-architecture-complex-optimization-problems.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Sat, 23 Aug 2025 02:50:01 EDT news675135731 Organic chemistry, the chemistry of carbon compounds, is the basis of all life on Earth. However, metals also play a key role in many biochemical processes. When it comes to "marrying" large, heavy metal atoms with light organic compounds, nature often relies on a specific group of chemical structures: porphyrins. These molecules form an organic ring; in its center, individual metal ions such as iron, cobalt, or magnesium can be "anchored." /news/2025-08-zigzag-graphene-nanoribbons-configuration-tomorrow.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Fri, 22 Aug 2025 12:50:01 EDT news675085301 A qubit is the delicate, information-processing heart of a quantum device. In the coming decades, advances in quantum information are expected to give us computers with new, powerful capabilities and detectors that can pick up atomic-scale signals in medicine, navigation and more. The realization of such technologies depends on having reliable, long-lasting qubits. /news/2025-08-advanced-molecular-qubit.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:39:05 EDT news675077941 There has long been a mystery when calculating how an incoming light wave scatters off an object and becomes a modified, outgoing light wave. In particular, the time delay of the transition from one to the other comes out to be a complex number, a regular real number but with a nonzero imaginary part. /news/2025-08-previously-mysterious-imaginary-component.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Optics & Photonics Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:41:21 EDT news675074471