Electrically tunable ionic hydrogels use small voltages to switch friction at metal contacts between high-friction and ...

Scientists have found a way to use light to control and read tiny quantum states inside atom-thin materials. The simple ...

Listening to the 'whispers' of electrons and crystals has lead to a quantum discovery with terahertz light that could help us ...

Artificial intelligence speeds metasurface design from unit cells to full optical systems, enabling compact imaging, AR and ...

Gold nanoparticles are only effective in strengthening optical signals when the nanoparticles are arranged on a surface and ...

With the successful introduction of manganese into perovskite nanoparticles, researchers have 'doped the undopable'.

New model explains stability and electronic behavior of boron nanostructures from hollow clusters to ultrathin 2D layers, ...

New quiet, filterless air purifier sprays nano-sized water droplets to trap ultrafine dust, slashing power use and avoiding ...

Scientists have created a high-throughput computational strategy, creating a new, data-driven approach to finding ideal 2D materials and substrates.

A membrane-free solid-state reactor turns captured carbon dioxideinto clean formic acid that feeds microbes, growing ...

This material is usually nearly invisible in optical microscopes because it has no optical resonances. To resolve this issue, ...

Clues about how galaxies like our Milky Way form and evolve and why their stars show surprising chemical patterns have been revealed by a new study.