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Researchers Discover Novel Type of Polarized Light-Matter Interaction

A scientist might want to do cartwheels upon making a discovery, but this time the discovery itself relies on cartwheels.

30 Jun 2020

Polymer Relaxor Ferroelectricity Arises from Chain Conformation Disorders

A new fundamental understanding of polymeric relaxor ferroelectric behavior could lead to advances in flexible electronics, actuators and transducers, energy storage, piezoelectric sensors and electrocaloric cooling, according to a team of researchers at Penn State and North Carolina State.

30 Jun 2020

Study Shows Wave Transmission Relies on Arrangement of, Force Between Particles

Stress wave propagation through grainy, or granular, materials is important for detecting the magnitude of earthquakes, locating oil and gas reservoirs, designing acoustic insulation and designing materials for compacting powders.

30 Jun 2020

Chemists Discover Catalytic Capabilities that Result in Basic Metabolism

In a system with self-replicating molecules -previously shown to have the capability to grow, divide and evolve - chemists from the University of Groningen have now discovered catalytic capabilities that result in a basic metabolism.

29 Jun 2020

New Method to Improve Detection Ability of Nanoscale Chemical Imaging

Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology have developed a new method to improve the detection ability of nanoscale chemical imaging using atomic force microscopy.

29 Jun 2020

New Study Seeks to Produce Hybrid Materials with Desired Properties

Erlantz Lizundia-Fernandez, who lectures in the UPV/EHU's Department of Graphic Design and Engineering Projects, works with renewable polymers.

29 Jun 2020

Picosun’s Medical ALD Solutions Ensure Excellent Hermetic Encapsulation

Picosun Group reports excellent results in ALD-organic bilayer encapsulation of metal electrodes for neuroprosthetics and bioelectronic medicine. Group also reports superior hermetic barrier performance of its ALD nanolaminates against corrosive ion diffusion in aqueous media. This is an important result for medical ALD applications and implantology, where metal components and sensitive microelectronics need to be protected against corrosion caused by human body fluids.

From Picosun Oy 29 Jun 2020

Newly Developed Molecule can Help Create High-Quality Indium Nitride

Indium nitride is a promising material for use in electronics, but difficult to manufacture.

29 Jun 2020

Study Accurately Measures Density of Liquid Iron Under Adverse Conditions

Using the large synchrotron radiation facility SPring-8 in Japan, a collaboration of researchers from Kumamoto University, the University of Tokyo, and others from Japan and France have precisely measured the density of liquid iron under conditions similar to those at Earth's outer core: 1,000,000 atm and 4,000 degrees C.

29 Jun 2020

New Concept for Producing Multifunctionality in Electrocatalysis

The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources strongly depends on an availability of effective systems for energy conversion and storage.

29 Jun 2020

New Study Seeks Materials that Support Ultra-Fast, Ultra-Low-Energy Spintronics

A University of Wollongong team has published an extensive review of spin-gapless semiconductors (SGSs) .

29 Jun 2020

New Experimental Gel Matches Strength, Durability of Cartilage

The thin, slippery layer of cartilage between the bones in the knee is magical stuff: strong enough to withstand a person's weight, but soft and supple enough to cushion the joint against impact, over decades of repeat use.

29 Jun 2020

Novel Janus Nanostructures may Help Develop Energy, Information Technologies

A team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used a simple process to implant atoms precisely into the top layers of ultra-thin crystals, yielding two-sided structures with different chemical compositions.

29 Jun 2020

Simple, Cost-Effective Method to Assess Condition of Concrete Structures

Whether crumbling tunnel walls, cracks in concrete facades or porous bridge piers, according to statistics from the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), damage to concrete structures caused by various environmental influences accounts for several billion euros worldwide every year.

29 Jun 2020

Study Shows Kinetic Misalignment Strengthens Axion/Dark Matter Equivalence

In a new study of axion motion, researchers propose a scenario known as "kinetic misalignment" that greatly strengthens the case for axion/dark matter equivalence.

29 Jun 2020