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A Billion Holes Can Make a Battery

Researchers at the University of Maryland have invented a single tiny structure that includes all the components of a battery that they say could bring about the ultimate miniaturization of energy storage components.

New Technology Tracks Carcinogens As They Move Through the Body

Researchers at Oregon State for the first time have developed a method to track through the human body the movement of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, as extraordinarily tiny amounts of these potential carcinogens are biologically processed and eliminated.

New Findings Could Point the Way to “Valleytronics”

Researchers at MIT clear hurdles toward a new kind of 2-D microchip using different electron properties.

The Simplest Element: Turning Hydrogen Into “Graphene”

New work from Carnegie's Ivan Naumov and Russell Hemley delves into the chemistry underlying some surprising recent observations about hydrogen, and reveals remarkable parallels between hydrogen and graphene under extreme pressures.

Switching to Spintronics

Cornell University and Berkeley Lab reports on electric field switching of ferromagnetism at room temperature.

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Physicists Advance Understanding of Transition Metal Oxides Used in Electronics

An international team of scientists, led by physicists at the University of Arkansas, has characterized the electronic and magnetic structure in artificially synthesized materials called transition metal oxides.

Trapping Light with a Twister

New understanding of how to halt photons could lead to miniature particle accelerators, improved data transmission.

Researchers Show Neutrinos Can Deliver Not Only Full-on Hits But Also ‘Glancing Blows’

In what they call a “weird little corner” of the already weird world of neutrinos, Rochester University physicists have found evidence that these tiny particles might be involved in a surprising reaction.

World’s Most Complex Crystal Simulated at U-Michigan

The most complicated crystal structure ever produced in a computer simulation has been achieved by researchers at the University of Michigan.

Researchers Create and Control Spin Waves, Lifting Prospects for Enhanced Information Processing

A team of New York University and University of Barcelona physicists has developed a method to control the movements occurring within magnetic materials, which are used to store and carry information.

Oregon Researchers Glimpse Pathway of Sunlight to Electricity

Collaboration with Lund University uses modified UO spectroscopy equipment to study 'maze' of connections in photoactive quantum dots.

Revolutionary Solar-friendly Form of Silicon Shines

A team of Carnegie scientists led by Timothy Strobel has synthesized an entirely new form of silicon, one that promises even greater future applications.