Novel spin-polarized surface states may guide the search for materials that host Majorana fermions, unusual particles that act as their own antimatter, and could revolutionize quantum computers.
Built from the bottom up, nanoribbons can be semiconducting, enabling broad electronic applications.
New materials could turn water into the fuel of the future.
New supercomputing capabilities help understand how to cope with large-scale instabilities in tokamaks.
Calculations of a subatomic particle called the sigma provide insight into the communication between subatomic particles deep inside the heart of matter.
Heating the core of fusion reactors causes them to develop sheared rotation that can improve plasma performance.
A new model identifies a high degree of fluctuations in the glue-like particles that bind quarks within protons as essential to explaining proton structure.
New method lets supercomputers model key details of greenhouse gases and molecules relevant to automobile combustion.
Researchers simulate the design of new quantum bits for easier engineering of quantum computers.
Bombarding a material with high-energy charged atoms heals, rather than damages, the atomic structure, which could lead to longer-lasting components for extreme environments.
Water molecules can organize around protons from acids, influencing how the positive charge behaves in batteries, power plants, and waste sites.
Scientists found that removing lines of atoms in thin electronic materials creates “veins” that could benefit solar panels and more.
