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A New Form of Magnetism – Magnetic Graphene
A new form of #magnetism has been identified by researchers known as #magnetic #graphene. This could help in understanding #superconductivity.A group of researchers led by the #University #of #Cambridge was successful in controlling the…
2,000 atoms were made to be together at a time at two places
The new experiment demonstrated a bizarre quantum effect from the double-slit experiment at an unprecedented scale.We all have known that there is always a #wave associated with #matter, whatever it is, and due to #quantum…
Quantum machine that can both act as heat engine as well as a refrigerator
RIKEN engineers have invented a multitasking nanomachine that can act as a heat engine and the refrigerator both. This shows how the behavior of the particle is governed by quantum effects on the nanoscale.Conventionally we find heat…
Verification of Gravitational Redshift by the Mass Defect
The gravitational redshift is a simple consequence of Einstein's equivalence principle ("all bodies fall with the same acceleration independent of their composition") and was found by Einstein eight years before the full theory of…
Turning carbon dioxide into fuel
Imagine grabbing carbon dioxide from car exhaust pipes and other sources and turning this main greenhouse gas into fuels like natural gas or propane: a sustainability dream come true.Several recent studies have shown some success in…
New research integrates borophene and graphene into 2-D heterostructures
Atomic-resolution scanning tunnelling microscopy image of a borophene-graphene lateral heterostructure with an overlaid schematic of interfacial boron-carbon bonding. Image width: 1.7 nm. Credit: Northwestern UniversityNanomaterials…
An easy-to-use technique to measure the hydrophobicity of micro- and nanoparticle
The scientific and industrial communities who work with micro- and nanoparticles continue to labour with the challenge of effective particle dispersion. Most particles that disperse in liquids aggregate rapidly and eventually precipitate,…
A much cheaper catalyst can generate hydrogen in a commercial device
Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have shown for the first time that a cheap #catalyst can split water and generate #hydrogen gas for hours on end in the harsh…
Creating and trapping trions at room temperature
A University of Maryland-led team of researchers has discovered a method to reliably synthesize and trap #trions that remain stable at room temperature. The research makes it possible to manipulate trions and study their fundamental…
Hydrogen fuel using solar power, electrodes and seawater
Stanford researchers have devised a way to generate hydrogen fuel using solar power, electrodes and saltwater from San Francisco Bay.The findings, published March 18 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, demonstrate a new…