Read article: Alternative building materials could store massive amounts of carbon dioxide
Materials such as concrete containing carbonate-based aggregates, bio-based plastics and biochar could sequester more than 16 billion tonnes of CO2 a year
Read article: Fast radio burst came from a neutron star’s magnetosphere, say astronomers
Scintillation measurements show that FRB 20221022A originated from the highly magnetized region around a neutron star, challenging existing models of conditions there
Read article: Terahertz light produces a metastable magnetic state in an antiferromagnet
New phase could be used to make faster and more compact memory and processing devices
Read article: New candidate emerges for a universal quantum electrical standard
Approach based on the quantum anomalous Hall effect does away with the need for applied magnetic fields
Read article: Altermagnets imaged at the nanoscale
Study provides insights into the nature of this recently-discovered class of magnetism
Read article: Very thin films of a novel semimetal conduct electricity better than copper
Result in niobium phosphide contradicts typical metal behaviour
Read article: Quasiparticles become massless – but only when they’re moving in the right direction
Spectroscopy measurements reveal "smoking gun" signature of semi-Dirac fermions in a topological semimetal
Read article: Sun-like stars produce ‘superflares’ about once a century
Highly energetic events happen much more often than previously thought, say astronomers
Read article: New method recycles quantum dots used in microscopic lasers
Expensive and sometimes toxic elements can be reused in new devices
Read article: Cross-linked polymer is both stiff and stretchy
Researchers have succeeded in combining two usually incompatible properties for the first time
