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Nanotube fibers stand strong -- but for how long? Rice scientists calculate how carbon nanotubes and their fibers experience fatigue

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A study calculates how cyclic strain and stress affects nanotubes and describes how fibers under cyclic loads can fail over time.

Dec 22, 2021

A-list candidate for fault-free quantum computing delivers surprise: Puzzling result forces physicists to rethink ‘spin-triplet’ superconductivity

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Superconducting uranium ditelluride is a promising material in the race to create fault-tolerant quantum computers, but physicists are rethinking how superconductivity arises in the material in light of puzzling new experimental evidence.

Dec 22, 2021

Fabrication of flexible electronics improved using gold and water-vapor plasma

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Researchers have developed a technique to improve the flexibility of ultra-thin electronics, such as those used in bendable devices or clothing. To do so, they used water-vapor plasma to directly bond gold electrodes fixed onto separate ultra-thin...

Dec 22, 2021

Tuning a magnetic fluid with an electric field creates controllable dissipative patterns

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An electric field transforms an iron oxide nanoparticle suspension into a model for the emergence of complex dissipative structures.

Dec 22, 2021

Machine learning used to predict synthesis of complex novel materials: AI presents a roadmap to define new materials for any need, with implications in green energy and waste reduction

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Researchers have successfully applied machine learning to guide the synthesis of new nanomaterials, eliminating barriers associated with materials discovery. The highly trained algorithm combed through a defined dataset to accurately predict new s...

Dec 22, 2021

Quantum marbles in a bowl of light: An international study shows which factors determine the speed limit for quantum computations

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Which factors determine how fast a quantum computer can perform its calculations? Physicists have devised an elegant experiment to answer this question.

Dec 22, 2021

Machine learning used to predict synthesis of complex novel materials

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Scientists and institutions dedicate more resources each year to the discovery of novel materials to fuel the world. As natural resources diminish and the demand for higher value and advanced performance products grows, researchers have increasing...

Dec 22, 2021

Fabrication of flexible electronics improved using gold and water-vapor plasma

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Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) and the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR) in Japan have developed a technique to improve the flexibility of ultra-thin electronics, such as those used in bendable devices...

Dec 22, 2021

Tuning a magnetic fluid with an electric field creates controllable dissipative patterns

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Researchers at Aalto University have shown that a nanoparticle suspension can serve as a simple model for studying the formation of patterns and structures in more complicated non-equilibrium systems, such as living cells. The new system will not ...

Dec 22, 2021

Quantum marbles in a bowl of light

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Which factors determine how fast a quantum computer can perform its calculations? Physicists at the University of Bonn and the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology have devised an elegant experiment to answer this question. The results of the s...

Dec 22, 2021

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