Static electricity is a big mystery — a jolt of fresh research could help to solve it
Static electricity is so commonplace that it can come across as simple. Rub a balloon against your head,…
Quantum control of Hubbard excitons
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Evidences of subnanometre orbital diffusion length in heavy metals using terahertz emission spectroscopy
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Dynamical stability by spin transfer in nearly isotropic magnets
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Purcell-enhanced two-photon emission from a quantum dot via dark-state biexciton loading
Slusher, R. E., Hollberg, L. W., Yurke, B., Mertz, J. C. & Valley, J. F. Observation of squeezed…
How AI inverse design and 4D printing are shaping mechanical metamaterials
Engineers are increasingly combining generative design algorithms with 4D printing to create mechanical metamaterials whose behavior is defined…
Electric Eel Biology Inspires Powerful Gel Battery
Newswise — Power sources used in devices found in or around biological tissue must be flexible and non-toxic,…
Six-state clock physics in an atomically thin antiferromagnet
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Physicists Open Door to Future, Hyper-Efficient ‘Orbitronic’ Devices
BYLINE: Lisa Potter, research communications specialist, University of Utah communications Newswise — To keep up with today’s computing…
Climactic launches hybrid fund to get startups through the ‘valley of death’
It’s a challenge every startup faces: They’ve made a prototype and proven the thing works, but now have…
Helical metasurfaces based on topological surface states in three-dimensional photonic topological insulators
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New Standard for Hexavalent Chromium Analysis: Improving Accuracy with synchrotron X-ray Technology
Newswise — A team of Korean researchers has developed a reference material that significantly improves the accuracy of…