Tag Archives: Materials Sciences

Squeezable Metal Offers a Greener Approach to Refrigeration

A system built around a metal that gains and loses heat when compressed could lead the way to the commercialization of chemical-free refrigeration technology. Continue reading

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The Mechanics of Curly Hair

By examining the mechanical and geometric properties of curly hair, Michelle Gaines creates a classification system that could help consumers find optimal hair-care products. Continue reading

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A New Route to Room-Temperature Ferromagnets

A novel crystalline material is readily grown from low-melting-temperature mixtures—a result that points toward a new route to above-room-temperature ferromagnets. Continue reading

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New compound that withstands extreme heat and electricity could lead to next-generation energy storage devices

Flexible polymers made with a new generation of the Nobel-winning “click chemistry” reaction find use in capacitors and other applications. Continue reading

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Dark Matter Goes Down to the Wire

A superconducting nanowire detector places new bounds on how a hypothetical lightweight dark matter particle interacts with electrons. Continue reading

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A Faster Charge for Electric Vehicles

A simple heating routine speeds up Li-ion battery charging to just 10
minutes. Continue reading

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Machine-Learning Tool Solves Metamaterial Jigsaw

A new tool can determine whether a collection of building blocks will
assemble into a mechanically sound structure. Continue reading

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Boron Nitride with a Twist Could Lead to New Way to Make Qubits

Easy control over bright emissions from the crystalline material offer a route toward scalable quantum computing and sensing. Continue reading

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An Exotic Fractional Quantum Hall State

The even-denominator state appears in a 2D quasiparticle system, but researchers still can’t explain its origin. Continue reading

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New Ultrathin Capacitor Could Enable Energy-Efficient Microchips

Scientists turn century-old material into a thin film for next-gen memory and logic devices. Continue reading

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