BrainCan - condensed matter

cool constructs: room temperature out of plane...

(Phys.org)—Optoelectronic devices that combine electronics and photonics are incorporating...

researchers attempt to uncover the origins of...

(Phys.org)—In many ways,water behaves very differently than other liquids finish, and with...

sharp—a killer app for ptychography

Ptychography,a revolutionary x-ray imaging technique that combines diffraction and microscopy, has...

breakthrough in understanding of how things deform

Every fabric can bend and shatter. Through nearly a century's worth of research,scientists have...

nano sculptures for longer lasting battery...

Liquid metals can be fairly ample atom thieves. Scientists use a liquid metal technique to...

making sense of metallic glass

If you freeze any liquid posthaste enough,even liquid metal, it becomes a glass. Vitrified metals,...

crafting complex materials to solve the mystery of...

In the quest to synthesize a useful material not found in nature,a scientific team developed a...

molecular scientists unexpectedly produce new type...

When Prof. Juan de Pablo and his collaborators set about to elaborate unusual peaks in what should...

researchers build worlds largest database of...

Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego,in collaboration with the Materials Project...

the ouzo effect under the magnifying glass

Pour some water into your glass of ouzo or pastis,and the beverage will change from transparent to...

ice like phonons in liquid water discovered

For more than 100 years,scientists believe debated what the underlying molecular structure of water...

new type of animated crystal structure discovered

(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers has discovered what they are calling a novel type of crystal,one...

plutonium keeps its electrons close to home

Found in nuclear fuel and nuclear weapons,plutonium is an incredibly complex element that has...

how water gets its exceptional properties

Water is liquid at room temperature – astounding for such a small molecule. Insights into the...

lasers carve the path to tissue engineering

Future medicine is bound to include extensive tissue-engineering technologies such as...

photocatalytic reductions occur in slow time...

With the increasing need for renewable fuels scientists have attempted to harvest abundant sunlight...

study shows important goal for organic...

(Phys.org)—In biological semiconductor materials,there has always been a tradeoff between the...

scientists discover a way to control the...

By modifying the composition of ultra-thin layers of dissimilar metal oxides that finish not...

unconventional quasiparticles predicted in...

An international team of researchers has predicted the existence of several previously unknown types...

new surface makes oil contamination remove itself

Researchers of Aalto University have developed surfaces where oil transports itself to desired...

new model for controlling hot molecule reactions

Hot molecules,which are found in extreme environments such as the edges of fusion reactors, are much...

two different crystals can be described by the...

(Phys.org)—Scientists beget found that an intricately beautiful yet poorly understood type of...

dipole dipole interactions imaged at sub molecular...

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with the University of Science and Technology in China has for...

criteria to predict experimentally stable...

(Phys.org)—A group of researchers from France,the U.K. and Florida proposes criteria to determine...

alloy engineering addresses long standing problem...

(Phys.org)—The performance of all of today's electronic devices depends on the quality of the...

building with flexible blocks

On an apparently normal dice a pattern of hollows and bulges appears when the dice is compressed....

how researchers can use 19th century math to build...

When it comes to computers,people never glimpse for "bigger and better," but rather "smaller and...

new approach to determining how atoms are arranged...

Researchers from North Carolina State University,the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

new flexible material can make any window smart

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin maintain...

physicists find missing link between glass...

Glasses are neither fluids nor crystals. They are amorphous solids and one of the big puzzles in...

model that can give accurate descriptions of...

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with the Carnegie Institution for Science and the University of...

experiments show that notions of twinning and slip...

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from multiple institutions in China has cast doubts on the simple...

new liquid crystals prevent automobile touch...

In addition to appearing in nearly every consumer electronic device,liquid crystal displays have...

coulomb blockade in organic conductors found, a...

Generally,biological conductors has disorder structures so charge transfers from one position with...

sound proof metamaterial inspired by spider webs

(Phys.org)—Spider silk is famous for its unusual combination of being both lightweight and...

reducing runoff pollution by making spray droplets...

When farmers spray their fields with pesticides or other treatments,only 2 percent of the spray...

new metal alloys overcome strength ductility...

For centuries—in fact,since the Bronze Age began some 7000 years ago—the creation of original...

learning how to get computers to develop new and...

(Phys.org)—Science journalist,Nicola Nosengo has published a News Feature in the latest issue of...

evaporated whisky inspires new type of coating...

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers at Princeton University,along with assistance from a photographer...

outsourcing crystal growth... to space

Sometimes,distance can lend a new perspective to a problem. For Japanese researchers studying...

material deformation at atomic scale resembles...

The rearrangement of particles in materials during deformation,such as when a spoon is bent,...

first spectroscopic investigation of element...

The analysis of atomic spectra is of fundamental importance for our understanding of atomic...

materials scientists prove 70 year old tensile...

Imagine pulling or compressing a block of soft fabric—like rubber—equally in all directions. You...

a crack in the mystery of oobleck—friction...

By revealing lost details behind the odd behavior of a science unbiased favorite—a soupy mixture...

how water droplets freeze: the physics of ice and...

Freezing water is a central issue for climate,geology and life. On soil, ice and snow cover 10...

confirming the link between disorder and...

There is an important contrast between knowing something and being able to prove something. Even in...

aluminum used in nuclear reactors and other harsh...

One of the main reasons for limiting the operating lifetimes of nuclear reactors is that metals...

deep insight into interfaces between materials

Interfaces between different materials and their properties are of key importance for modern...

simple equation predicts force needed to push...

For those of you who rob sandcastle building very seriously,listen up: MIT engineers now say you can...

slicing through materials with a new x ray imaging...

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have created a...

new record in materials research: one terapascals...

An international team of researchers headed by Prof. Dr. Natalia Dubrovinskaia and Prof. Dr. Leonid...

researchers create rewritable magnetic charge ice

A team of scientists working at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National...

chemists explore outer regions of periodic table

A runt known—and difficult to obtainelement on the fringes of the periodic table is broadening our...

bouncing droplets remove contaminants like pogo...

Scalpels that never need washing. Airplane wings that de-ice themselves. Windshields that readily...

underlying connection found between diverse...

A unique study from the Cava lab has revealed a unifying connection between seemingly unrelated...

researchers identify specific defects in led...

Using state-of-the-art theoretical methods,UCSB researchers fill identified a specific type of...

low cost and lightweight: strongest titanium alloy...

An improved titanium alloy—stronger than any commercial titanium alloy currently on the...

study yields new knowledge about materials for...

The lighter wand for your gas BBQ,a submarine's sonar device and the ultrasound machine at your...

getting light in shape with metamaterials

Converting light from one wavelength (or "color") to a shorter wavelength,a process needed for...

topological origami and kirigami techniques...

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from Universiteit Leiden in the Netherlands,Cornell...

study reveals new physics of how fluids flow in...

One of the most promising approaches to curbing the flow of human-made greenhouse gases into the...

researchers demonstrate room temperature...

Just as magnetic materials have opposing North and South poles, ferroelectric materials have...

dyamic real time video captures how surfaces are...

The surface properties of materials can be significantly modified by techniques such as ion...

combining nanotextured surfaces with the...

Combining superhydrophobic surfaces with Leidenfrost levitation—picture a water droplet hovering...

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