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NIST physicists 'flash-freeze' crystal of 150 ions
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have "flash-frozen" a flat crystal of 150 beryllium ions...
Feb 25, 20193 min read


Spintronics by 'straintronics'
Switching magnetic domains in magnetic memories requires normally magnetic fields which are generated by electrical currents, hence...
Feb 17, 20192 min read


Hyperbolic metamaterials enable nanoscale 'fingerprinting'
Hyperbolic metamaterials are artificially made structures that can be formed by depositing alternating thin layers of a conductor such as...
Feb 12, 20193 min read


Penn engineers develop room temperature, two-dimensional platform for quantum technology
Quantum computers promise to be a revolutionary technology because their elementary building blocks, qubits, can hold more information...
Feb 11, 20194 min read


Novel electrocatalyst outperforms platinum in alkaline hydrogen production
A novel ruthenium-based catalyst developed at UC Santa Cruz has shown markedly better performance than commercial platinum catalysts in...
Feb 7, 20193 min read


Hand-knitted molecules
The fabrication of electronic components usually follows a top-down pathway in specialized physical laboratories. Using special carving...
Jan 18, 20193 min read
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