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Researchers create materials with controllable electrical and magnetic properties, even at room temperature.
First observation of “quantum” heat transport uncovers the ultimate limits for nanoscale devices.
Rough surfaces provide additional sites for energy-generating reactions in fuel cells.
Researchers perform first spectroscopic measurements on antihydrogen in pursuit of one of our biggest scientific mysteries: why is there so little antimatter in the universe?
A new type of lens improves the focusing precision at the world’s most powerful X-ray light sources.
Molecular Foundry researchers help shed light on barrier to optimal performance.
Neutron-scattering studies reveal surprising formation of ammonia after acetonitrile is turned into graphitic polymer, opening doors for catalyst-free industrial reactions at room temperature.
Researchers invent a low-tech, solution-based route to high-performance carbon nanotube thin films.
Researchers invent a new single-step approach to constructing electromagnetic metamaterials uses tiny self-assembled pillars in composite films.
Atomically flat materials used to fabricate the world’s smallest transistor.
Controlling electrons in graphene opens a new path to potential electronic devices.
Use of electric fields to reversibly change a material’s hardness by up to 30 percent promises new functionalities for microphones and sensors.
