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Generating and moving small, stable magnetic islands at room temperature could be the ticket to more energy-efficient electronics.
Study reveals surprising non-uniformity in vanadium dioxide that could one day enable more energy-efficient technologies.
Bio-based molecular machines mechanically extrude tiny tubes and form networks, aiding in the design of self-repairing materials.
Tiny “match-head” wires act as built-in light concentrators, enhancing solar cell efficiency.
For the first time, electron tomography reveals the 3D coordinates of individual atoms and defects in a material.
Keeping the lights on: Solving the intermittency shortcomings of renewable solar energy.
Creation of new neutral-charge, long-life quasiparticles may help explain high-temperature superconductivity.
A novel technique allows new insight into the barriers to fuel evolution.
Researchers have attained superlubricity, the near absence of friction, at a carbon-silica interface using nanodiamonds wrapped in graphene flakes.
A new, dime-sized light source will lead to novel spectrometers for the next generation of scientific discoveries.
Low-fatigue material remembers its shape, despite being transformed over 10 million times, could upgrade solar devices.
Reversible self-assembled structures balance two competing attractions to enable stimuli-responsive materials.
