From solar panels to next-generation medical devices, many emerging technologies rely on materials that can manipulate light with extreme precision. These materials鈥攃alled plasmonic materials鈥攁re typically made from expensive ...
Silicides鈥攁lloys of silicon and metals long used in microelectronics鈥攁re now being explored again for quantum hardware. But their use faces a critical challenge: achieving phase purity, since some silicide phases are ...
A research team in Kiel has demonstrated a previously unknown effect in graphene鈥攁 single layer of carbon atoms whose discovery earned the 2010 Nobel Prize. For years, graphene has been seen as a promising material for ...
Imagine you have just finished a delicious to-go meal or morning coffee, or used the last drop of moisturizer. Without thinking too hard, you may be ready to toss another container into the trash, adding to the 82 million ...
Palm trees grace the landscape across Africa, thriving in environments as diverse as deserts and rainforests. Central Africa holds the richest variety, home to 52 species, while west Africa has 38 and east Africa 18. They ...
You probably learned in high school chemistry class that core electrons don't participate in chemical bonding.
Quantum metals are metals where quantum effects鈥攂ehaviors that normally only matter at atomic scales鈥攂ecome powerful enough to control the metal's macroscopic electrical properties.
Many properties of the world's most advanced materials are beyond the reach of quantitative modeling. Understanding them also requires a human expert's reasoning and intuition, which can't be replicated by even the most powerful ...
The metamorphosis of butterflies from larvae to pupae to adulthood is a natural wonder. By investigating the developmental processes that occur within the pupa, transforming it into a butterfly, scientists have discovered ...
The SOAR Telescope, located on Cerro Pach贸n in Chile, has received a major upgrade with the installation of the SOAR Telescope Echelle Spectrograph (STELES). The long-awaited instrument achieved first light in August with ...
