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- New Carbon Allotrope Predicted To Hit Bandgap Sweet Spot 26/10/2020 Computational scientists in China have simulated a graphene allotrope featuring different hybridisations of carbon that becomes a semiconductor when compressed.
- Finding The Right Color To Control Magnets With Laser Pulses 23/10/2020 Scientists have discovered a new way to manipulate magnets with laser light pulses shorter than a trillionth of a second. The international team of researchers also identified the light wavelength or color which enables the most efficient manipulation.
- A Newfound Superconducting Current Travels Only Along A Material’s Edge 21/10/2020 Electricity flows without resistance on the rim of molybdenum ditelluride
- New Quantum Computers Can Operate At Higher Temperatures 19/10/2020 Silicon chips raise hopes for scaling up devices to millions of quantum bits
- Press release: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 16/10/2020 Black holes and the Milky Way’s darkest secret
- Team Extracts More Energy From Sunlight With Advanced Solar Panels 14/10/2020 Researchers working to maximize solar panel efficiency said layering advanced materials atop traditional silicon is a promising path to eke more energy out of sunlight.
- Gene-editing Tool CRISPR Wins The Chemistry Nobel 13/10/2020 The ‘molecular scissors’ were developed just eight years ago
- Speedy Method For 3-D Printed Electronics 09/10/2020 Flexible approach involves coating complex objects with a variety of materials.
- 3-D–Printable Material Purifies Biogas At Low Cost 07/10/2020 A simple sorbent could make biogas production from dairy farms and other small-scale operations economically feasible
- Manipulating Non-Magnetic Atoms In A Chromium Halide Enables Tuning Of Magnetic Properties 05/10/2020 New approach creates synthetic layered magnets with unprecedented level of control over their magnetic properties
- Possible Marker Of Life Spotted On Venusfor Fast, High-Resolution 3-D Printing, Visible Light Is Gaining On UV 01/10/2020 Photochemistry extends 3-D printing to LEDs, which could cut energy use and open up novel applications