Light evaporates water without heating it
"Photomolecular effect" may play a role in cloud formation and could make solar-powered water desalination more efficient
Read article: Light evaporates water without heating it
Thank you for registering with Physics World
If you'd like to change your details at any time, please visit My account
Isabelle Dumé is a contributing editor to Physics World. She has more than 10 years of experience in science writing and editing in condensed-matter physics relating to technology/nanotechnology/biotechnology, astronomy and astrophysics, energy and the environment, biology and medicine. She has an MSc in advanced materials and a PhD in magnetism. In her spare time, she helps to organize cafés scientifiques.
"Photomolecular effect" may play a role in cloud formation and could make solar-powered water desalination more efficient
Read article: Light evaporates water without heating it
Fine-tuned "MatChat" model provides detailed responses that includes reaction precursors, equations and relative references in the literature
Read article: Large language model predicts how to make inorganic compounds
Discovery could advance spintronics devices
Read article: Superconducting electrode controls spin waves in a magnet
First-of-its-kind thermal switch controls the flow of heat using an electric field
Read article: Thermal transistor could cool down computer chips
New laser-based system can resolve processes occurring on the nanosecond timescale
Read article: Frequency comb identifies molecules every 20 nanoseconds
New finding could prove useful for developing 2D topological and spintronic devices, such as racetrack memory, logic gates and spin nano-oscillators
Read article: Giant skyrmion topological Hall effect appears in a two-dimensional ferromagnetic crystal at room temperature
New type of fibre reversibly changes shape in response to temperature
Read article: Liquid crystal elastomers make morphing fabric
New observations challenge established thinking on how droplets move down a fibre
Read article: Sliding water droplets surprise scientists
Multiferroicity could be used to design ultralow power, high-capacity and high-speed data storage devices for classical and quantum computing
Read article: Rare electronic states appear in five-layer graphene
A new light source concept based on plasma accelerators could be harnessed for a variety of applications, including non-destructive imaging and computer-chip manufacturing
Read article: Scientists propose super-bright light source powered by quasiparticles