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General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Aug 15, 2024

Scientists characterize shale cap rocks at tiny scales

A team of researchers is working on a multidisciplinary approach to advancing the exploration of shale rock as a suitable geological seal for resource recovery and underground storage. Given that the pore space in shale rock ...

Condensed Matter Aug 14, 2024

New semiconductor material AlYN promises more energy-efficient and powerful electronics

Researchers at Fraunhofer IAF have made a breakthrough in the field of semiconductor materials: With aluminum yttrium nitride (AlYN), they have succeeded in fabricating and characterizing a new and promising semiconductor ...

Planetary Sciences Aug 13, 2024

Novel anemometer tracks sound travel for speedier, more precise wind speed calculations on Mars

Mars has a notoriously inhospitable environment, with temperatures that fluctuate dramatically over the course of a Martian day and average minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Its surface is mostly covered in red dust, with terrain ...

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Aug 13, 2024

Studying sources of energy loss to make quantum computing gains

Scientists from Yale University and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a systematic approach to understanding how energy is lost from the materials that make up qubits. Energy ...

Environment Aug 12, 2024

Study reveals Canadian wildfires are affecting US air quality and raising health concerns

Rutgers researchers examined particulate matter from a June 2023 fire that triggered advisories for more than 100 million Americans in the Northeast.

Soft Matter Aug 9, 2024

Ability to track nanoscale flow in soft matter could prove pivotal discovery

For roughly 70 years, Play-Doh has been entertaining children with its moldable, squishy form. This familiar substance belongs to a broader category known as soft matter, which includes some foods (such as mayonnaise), 3D ...

Nanomaterials Jul 31, 2024

Newly discovered sheets of nanoscale 'cubes' found to be efficient catalysts

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created sheets of transition metal chalcogenide "cubes" connected by chlorine atoms. While sheets of atoms have been widely studied, e.g. graphene, the team's work breaks ...

Condensed Matter Jul 26, 2024

Atomic 'GPS' elucidates movement during ultrafast material transitions

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have created the first-ever atomic movies showing how atoms rearrange locally within a quantum material as it transitions from an insulator ...

Analytical Chemistry Jul 25, 2024

Investigating arc erosion performance of Ag-Taâ‚‚AlC, a new electrical contact material

Relays are extensively utilized in accelerators, satellites, rockets, and various advanced technology sectors. They play crucial roles in signal transmission, long-distance control implementation, and protection circuits, ...

Condensed Matter Jul 23, 2024

Spontaneous supercrystal discovered in switching metal-insulator

A supercrystal formation previously unobserved in a metal-insulating material was discovered by a Cornell-led research team, potentially unlocking new ways to engineer materials and devices with tunable electronic properties.

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