March 27, 2023

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Spilling the Secrets of Quantum Entanglement

Quantum technique accelerates identification of entangled materials.