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The photoelectric effect in stereo

When a photon hits a material, it can eject an electron from it provided it has enough energy. Albert Einstein found the theoretical...

Jul 2, 20183 min read

The way that electrons paired as composite particles or arranged in lines interact with each other within a semiconductor provides new...

Jun 24, 20182 min read

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have, for the first time, successfully used electric dipoles to completely...

Jun 13, 20183 min read

Spintronics in materials of just a few atoms thick is an emerging field in which the 'spin' of electrons is used to process data, rather...

Jan 31, 20183 min read

What if you could run your air conditioner not on conventional electricity, but on the sun’s heat during a warm summer’s day? With...

Jan 16, 20185 min read

A team of researchers has devised a simple way to tune a hallmark quantum effect in graphene—the material formed from a single layer of...

Jan 12, 20182 min read