Researchers led by Paul Scherrer Institute created and identified antiferromagnetic skyrmions with a unique property: critical elements inside them are arranged in opposing directions.
In a recent study, University of Bristol researchers describe how nanosized crystals (nanolites) can have a significant impact on the viscosity of erupting magma, resulting in previously unexplained and explosive eruptions.
Researchers from Vienna University of Technology and the German Electron Synchrotron DESY found a special material made of lanthanum, strontium, iron, and oxygen can be switched back and forth between an extremely active catalytic state and another less so. The reason for this switch is the behavior of tiny iron nanoparticles on the surface.
Stanford University researchers found lithium-boron-sulfur electrolytes could be about twice as stable as the leading solid electrolytes. They initially identified the composition in 2016 using a computer algorithm that screened more than 12,000 lithium-containing compounds.
According to researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, next-generation batteries using lithium-rich materials could be more sustainable and cost-effective.
According to a new review paper, industry leaders feel battery safety standards do not represent real-world scenarios that could cause fires and are therefore not robust enough to prevent, detect, and suppress battery fires. The authors argue better alignment of research and industry could address this gap.
North Carolina State University researchers created an ultrasound imaging device that converts acoustic signals directly into light. They avoided signal processing by fabricating a layered organic LED on top of a lead zirconate titanate piezoelectric crystal.
Researchers from RMIT University developed an eco-friendly zero-cement concrete that can withstand the corrosive acidic environment found in sewage pipes, while greatly reducing residual lime that leaches out, contributing to fatbergs.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Department of Energy officials dedicated the launch of two clean energy research initiatives that focus on the recycling and recovery of advanced manufacturing materials and on connected and autonomous vehicle technologies.
Representatives for an International Year of Glass 2022 will outline their proposal to the United Nations in a virtual presentation presented via YouTube this November. The presentation will be broadcast in New York and Geneva simultaneously and will be downloadable worldwide.
New York University Tandon School of Engineering researchers devised a new process for the reliable self-assembly of colloids in a diamond formation. Furthermore, the diamond structures are stable, even when the liquid they form in is removed.
Cornell University researchers discovered a possible third type of wave in superconducting materials they call a g-wave. They determined strontium ruthenate is what’s called a two-component superconductor, meaning the way electrons bind together is so complex, it cannot be described by a single number; it needs a direction as well.
University of Oregon researchers discovered that molecules in glass materials behave just like particles in sand and rocks as they jam together, a mechanism that could boost explorations of condensed matter and complex systems.
Researchers led by The University of Tokyo employed a new computer model to simulate the networks of force-carrying particles that give amorphous solids their strength even though they lack long range order.
Archaeologists say they unearthed the oldest known glass factory in Israel, dating back to the fourth century A.D. The discovery of turquoise chunks of raw glass and collapsed, ash-covered kilns provide the first archaeological evidence of glass production in Israel during the Late Roman period.
