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Tag Archives: Materials Sciences
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
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
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
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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Tagged APS Physics, Batteries, Energy Conversion and Storage, Materials Sciences
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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
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
Skyrmions on the Rise – New 2D Material Advances Low-Power Computing
New materials with exotic magnetic features could enable the next generation of tiny, fast electronic devices. Continue reading
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