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Iron may be more valuable than platinum. Sometimes.
Understanding assembly principles may inspire new approaches for making valuable products.
Single sheets made of pentagons are proven to exist and uniquely combine promising electronic properties and air stability.
Precise control of surface chemistry leads to efficient, stable perovskite solar cells.
Control over light-emitting properties of tiny semiconductor platelets may yield new opportunities for innovative optics utilizing quantum phenomena.
Colossal magnetoresistance at terahertz frequencies in thin composites boosts novel memory devices operated at extremely high speed.
First known material capable of emitting single photons at room temperature and telecom wavelengths.
Engineers develop wires that penetrate neurons and measure their activity.
Tiny cages can trap and release inert argon gas atoms, allowing their further study and providing a new way to capture rare gases.
Simulations reveal that atomic disorder from radiation can launch a cycle of self-healing in ceramic oxides.
Defect-enhanced transport and complex phase growth are changing design rules for lithium-ion batteries.
Day-night changes in light and temperature power a low-cost material assembly that mimics biological self-copying.
