Phase-change materials from smartphones may lead to higher data storage, energy efficiency
Phase-change materials that are used in the latest generation of smartphones could lead to higher storage capability and more energy efficiency. Data is recorded...
Laser trick produces high-energy terahertz pulses
A team of scientists from DESY and the University of Hamburg has achieved an important milestone in the quest for a new type of...
Cassini reveals new sculpting in Saturn rings
As NASA's Cassini dove close to Saturn in its final year, the spacecraft provided intricate detail on the workings of Saturn's complex rings, new...
New quantum dot microscope shows electric potentials of individual atoms
A team of researchers from Jülich in cooperation with the University of Magdeburg has developed a new method to measure the electric potentials of...
Mysterious Majorana quasiparticle is now closer to being controlled for quantum computing
As mysterious as the Italian scientist for which it is named, the Majorana particle is one of the most compelling quests in physics.
Its fame...
Small currents for big gains in spintronics
University of Tokyo researchers have created an electronic component that demonstrates functions and abilities important to future generations of computational logic and memory devices....
New ‘king’ of fossils discovered on Kangaroo Island
Fossils of a giant new species from the long-extinct group of sea creatures called trilobites have been found on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
The finding...
Earth’s heavy metals result of supernova explosion
That gold on your ring finger is stellar—and not just in a complimentary way.
In a finding that may overthrow our understanding of where Earth's...
National MagLab creates world-record magnetic field with small, compact coil
A novel magnet half the size of a cardboard toilet tissue roll usurped the title of "world's strongest magnetic field" from the metal titan...
Astrophysicists announce discovery that could rewrite story of how galaxies die
At the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in St. Louis, Missouri, Allison Kirkpatrick, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University...
Physicists take a step closer to building a graphene-based topological insulator
In 2005, condensed matter physicists Charles Kane and Eugene Mele considered the fate of graphene at low temperatures. Their work led to the discovery...
