Self-regulating behaviour helps ants avoid traffic jams
Unlike humans, ants maintain flow even in crowded conditions
Read article: Self-regulating behaviour helps ants avoid traffic jams
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Unlike humans, ants maintain flow even in crowded conditions
Read article: Self-regulating behaviour helps ants avoid traffic jams
New measurements on the liquid film that forms during ice gliding reveal unexpected properties
Read article: Ice-water interface goes viscous
Latest work on twisted carbon sheet could allow researchers to investigate strongly correlated physics in a simple platform
Read article: Magic-angle graphene reveals a host of new states
Transmission electron microscopy can be used to detect electric charge density as well as image atoms
Read article: 4D electron microscopy images charge density at sub-angstrom scales
Mechanism appears to mimic the activation of photosystem II during photosynthesis
New quantum computing platform could also be used to measure tiny electric and magnetic fields
Read article: Atomic spins on a surface make good quantum bits
New device is better than traditional microelectrode and fluorescence-based approaches
Read article: Plasmonic nanoprobe optically monitors neural activity
The effect occurs at room temperature and will be important for a host of technology applications
Read article: Giant negative thermal expansion seen in nanomagnet
New work could help advance battery research for engineering next-generation high-energy-density technologies
Read article: Sealed cell improves oxide-peroxide conversion in lithium-ion battery
IBM researchers have solved a long-standing two-carrier transport problem in the Hall effect with light
Read article: New equation unlocks 140-year-old Hall effect secret