Hibiscus derived nitrogen doped carbon nanochains for visual pH sensing and catalytic methyl orange degradation
Mechanistic evolution of interconnected 1D beads on a string N-CNC nano chain architecture To provide a definitive, data-driven…
Quantum Heat Waves Spotted at Room Temperature for the First Time
Visualization of ray-like heat flow in boron arsenide at 300 K (80°F). Credit: H-Lab/UCLA The discovery could improve…
Scientists Discover Two Competing Memories in Matter
Device used to stir and rock samples of a suspension of small particles in viscous liquid. New research…
Scientists Watch Chemistry Unfold Atom by Atom
A UV pulse (purple beam) excites 3-fluoropyridine, while a delayed X-ray pulse (white beam) probes the nitrogen atom…
Scientists Bought Centuries-Old Musket Balls on eBay and Turned Them into Cutting-Edge Solar Panels
Perovskite solar cell. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Hundreds of years ago, lead musket balls tore across European battlefields, littering…
A Sea Worm’s Incredible “Bio-Metal” Jaws May Belong to an Entirely New Class of Material
A cross-section of a bristle worm jaw sample with the indentation testing sites labeled 1 to 11. Credit:…
Multimodal scanning-probe quantum sensing of quantum materials
Degen, C. L., Reinhard, F. & Cappellaro, P. Quantum sensing. Rev. Mod. Phys. 89, 035002 (2017). Article Google…
Excitons in van der Waals magnetic materials
Xu, X., Yao, W., Xiao, D. & Heinz, T. F. Spin and pseudospins in layered transition metal dichalcogenides.…
Quantum tunnelling and leakage current across two-dimensional materials
Backes, C. et al. Production and processing of graphene and related materials. 2D Mater. 7, 022001 (2020). Article …
Electron–phonon coupling and symmetry breaking in superconducting oxide interfaces near ferroelectric quantum criticality
Gastiasoro, M. N., Ruhman, J. & Fernandes, R. M. Superconductivity in dilute SrTiO3: a review. Ann. Phys. 417,…
Physicists Discover a Fundamental Limit to Electrical Resistance
An artist’s impression of the resistivity that results from cold atomic collisions. Researchers investigating interaction-induced resistivity of ultracold…
Scientists Turn Ordinary Sunlight Into UV Light in Major Energy Breakthrough
A new solid-state material from Kyushu University turns visible light into high-energy UV at sunlight intensity. By attaching…