The discovery challenges basic assumptions about how metals solidify In A Nutshell Liquid metal contains stationary atoms: ...

Researchers discover that embedding iridium atoms inside catalyst crystals instead of on the surface dramatically improves ...

A new microscopy technique allows scientists to see single-atom-thick boron nitride by making it glow under infrared light.

Trace tungsten dopants stabilize lithium-rich battery cathodes, sharply reducing voltage fade over hundreds of cycles.

If quantum computing is going to become an every-day reality, we need better superconducting thin films, the hardware that ...

Florida State University researchers have created a new crystalline material with unusual magnetic patterns that could be ...

A 40-atom gold nanocluster breaks from gold's signature dense packing, forming square atomic planes with a central channel that accelerates electron relaxation about 80x.

By creating a new graphene material, engineers were able to facilitate the movement of ions and increase the power and energy ...

Years ago, an audacious Fields medalist outlined a sweeping program that, he claimed, could be used to resolve a major ...

Traditionally, X-ray methods require at least 10,000 atoms to generate a detectable signal. This is because the X-ray signal ...

Cambridge researchers have developed a far more stable perovskite structure, stacking ultra-thin layers at atomic precision ...