March 27, 2023
Exploring Bonds and Electronic Structure in Plutonium Hybrid Materials
Researchers combined crystallographic data and computational studies to investigate plutonium-ligand bonding within a hybrid material construct.
March 10, 2023
Bio-Mining Fool’s Gold
Understanding how methanogenic bacteria can “bio-mine” minerals advances biotechnology and helps scientists understand the Earth’s geological history.
March 3, 2023
Oxide Interfaces Put New Twist on Electron Spins
Interfaces made by stacking certain complex oxide materials can tune the quantum interactions between electrons, yielding exotic spin textures.
February 27, 2023
Scientists Twist X-Rays with Artificial Spin Crystals
Patterned arrays of nanomagnets produce X-ray beams with a switchable rotating wavefront twist.
February 23, 2023
When Material Goes Quantum, Electrons Slow Down and Form a Crystal
Researchers detect an exotic electron phase called Wigner crystal in tungsten diselenide/tungsten disulfide moiré superlattices.
January 31, 2023
Scientists Probe the Source of Stochastic Occurrence of Super-Knock in Engines Running on Hydrogen/Methane Fuels
Scientists analyzed detonation formation in hydrogen/methane air mixtures, quantifying the effect of non-thermal reactions on the mechanism of detonation.
January 5, 2023
In an Advance for Solar Fuels, Hybrid Materials Improve Photocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction
A molecular catalyst integrated with a carbon nitride semiconductor harvests sunlight to rapidly and selectively convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide.
December 2, 2022
New Quantum Light Source Paves the Way to a Quantum Internet
Researchers develop the first 2D telecommunication-compatible quantum light source, smoothing the path toward a quantum internet.
October 18, 2022
A New Tandem Catalyst Converts Carbon Dioxide into Valuable Multicarbon Products More Selectively
Electrode engineering produces unprecedented selectivity, and high rates of carbon dioxide reduction to multicarbon products.
October 3, 2022
Spilling the Secrets of Quantum Entanglement
Quantum technique accelerates identification of entangled materials.