Physical Science & Technology

Two composite pictures, each using the TSOM method, show a single nanocontaminant on a semiconductor sample, recorded at several different distances from the lens of an optical microscope. Red indicates...

Like biological fat reserves store energy in animals, a new rechargeable zinc battery integrates into the structure of a robot to provide much more energy, a team led by the...

Researchers at Empa and ETH Zurich succeeded in developing a material that works like a luminescent solar concentrator and can even be applied to textiles. This opens up numerous possibilities...

Rice University will roll up for the second international Nanocar Race with a new vehicle. The one-molecule car has a permanent dipole that makes it easier to control. Courtesy: Alexis...

A new way to deposit thin layers of atoms as a coating onto a substrate material at near room temperatures has been invented at The University of Alabama in Huntsville...

With Telsa in the lead, the electric vehicle market is growing around the world. Unlike conventional cars that use internal combustion engines, electric cars are solely powered by lithium ion...

Electrons are able to move within molecules, for example when they are excited from outside or in the course of a chemical reaction. For the first time, scientists have now...

Graphic of a nanostructure: The scientists use short laser pulses to excite the aggregated molecules. The subsequent quantum mechanical energy transport takes place via the conical intersection. courtesy: von Mende...

Majorana constellations of some of the most Quantum States in various Dimensions. Courtesy: Luis L. Sanchez Soto. Investigators develop a method to determine how quantum the state of a system...

A schematic diagram of multi-layered liquid crystal particles developed by the KIST-KAIST joint research team. Courtesy: Korea Institue of Science and Technology (KIST) Formation of liquid crystals consisting of several...