Porous carbon aerogels might power future Mars missions
Materials could be used to make electrodes in supercapacitors that operate at ultralow temperatures
Read article: Porous carbon aerogels might power future Mars missions
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Materials could be used to make electrodes in supercapacitors that operate at ultralow temperatures
Read article: Porous carbon aerogels might power future Mars missions
New devices can be erased, positioned and shaped using electric fields
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Researchers have extended the spin coherence time of a single-molecule quantum bit beyond 1 millisecond for the first time
Read article: Molecular qubits stick around for longer
Cobalt atoms on black phosphorous "learn" by adapting in response to an applied voltage
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Precisely controlling nuclear excitations could aid the development of ultraprecise clocks as well as batteries that can store huge amounts of energy
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New technique might help in the development of a quantum internet
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Nanostructured material could find use in detectors for ultrafast optoelectronic applications
Read article: Plasmonic metasurface gives high-speed optical WiFi a boost
New optical "shaking" technique switches an antiferromagnetic material into a ferromagnetic one in just a few picoseconds
Read article: Light-induced lattice vibrations could speed up data recording
Health and safety guidelines should be revised to consider the effects of air purifiers on droplets in confined spaces, say researchers
Read article: Air purifiers could spread viruses in confined spaces
Shell-shaped structures use a pressure-based mechanism to climb ladders and slopes without motors or batteries
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