Hamish Johnston looks at what has happened since the 2018 Physics World Breakthrough of the Year for the discovery of magic-angle graphene The post A decade of <i>Physics World</i> breakthroughs: 2018 – Discovery of ‘ma...
Dec 12, 2019
Safe nuclear waste storage, new ways of generating and storing hydrogen, and technologies for capturing and reusing greenhouse gases are all potential spinoffs of a new study by University of Guelph researchers.
Dec 12, 2019
Studying radiation chemistry and electronic structure of materials at scales smaller than nanometers, scientists prepared samples of clay in ultra-thin layers. Working at the TRIUMF particle accelerator, they bombarded the samples with antimatter ...
Dec 12, 2019
New ultrafast technique is the first to do away with fluorescent emitters The post Stimulated emission detection images single nanocrystals at high speed appeared first on Physics World.
Dec 12, 2019
Google's Sycamore quantum computer, which recently demonstrated its dominance over ordinary computers, is now breaking records in quantum chemistry
Dec 12, 2019
Google's Sycamore quantum computer, which recently demonstrated its dominance over ordinary computers, is now breaking records in quantum chemistry
Dec 12, 2019
Graphene – widely known for its exceptional strength – has just become even tougher! Researchers from South Korea
Dec 12, 2019
Depending on the shape and orientation of their edges, graphene nanostructures (also known as nanographenes) can have very different properties - for example, they may ex-hibit conducting, semiconduct...
Dec 12, 2019
Nano-sized vesicles released by certain bacteria that inhabit the vagina may protect against HIV infection, suggests a study
Dec 12, 2019
The process of building a tiny cube has revealed some of the fundamental mysteries of how molecules bind together in natural environments. Researchers hope to apply this knowledge to future projects designing complex structures that can mimic life.
Dec 12, 2019
