One of the biggest challenges modern science faces today is the development of new, efficient and environmentally friendly technologies for converting chemical…
In their search for new materials which can conduct electricity without any resistance, the so-called superconductors, many scientists now investigate…
In 2018 it was discovered that two layers of graphene twisted one with respect to the other by a “magic” angle show a variety of interesting quantum phases,…
A team of Korean researchers has developed a processing technology for maximizing energy densities of high-capacity batteries.
The new study, published in Nature Communications, focuses on a production method, based around mechanical abrasion, where multilayer structures are formed…
Rare earth high-performance magnets are indispensable for a wide range of applications: from industrial motors, electronics, e-bikes to wind turbines and…
A joint research team from the University of Hong Kong (HKU), Institute of Physics at Chinese Academy of Science, Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Beihang…
Scientists at Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linköping University, have developed an organic electrochemical transistor that they can use to measure and…
Mixing and matching computational models of 2D materials led scientists at Rice University to the realization that excitons — quasiparticles that exist when…
Supercapacitors, with their high power density, fast charge-discharge rates, long cycle life, and cost-effectiveness, are a promising power source for…
It looks quite inconspicuous to the casual beholder, hardly like groundbreaking innovation: a small metallic chessboard, four millimeters long on either side.
The Swiss company Livinguard has developed a treatment for textile facial masks that can directly inactivate bacteria and viruses. While researchers at the…
Topological metamaterials are applied as a novel platform to explore and study extraordinary effects. Instead of using natural materials, researchers…
Our body is able to treat many injuries and wounds all by itself. Self-healing powers repair skin abrasions and enable bones to grow back together. However,…
Hard carbon coatings are in use worldwide on a large industrial scale. A particularly frequent user is the automotive industry, which uses more than 100…
This it is the story of a unique material – made of a single compound, it conducts electrons in different ways on its different surfaces and doesn’t conduct at…