Physics
- Feb- 2021 -14 FebruaryScience
A Magnetic Twist to Graphene Could Offer a Dramatic Increase in Processing Speeds Compared to Electronics
Schematic of a valley-spiral in magnetically encapsulated twisted bilayer graphene. Credit: Jose Lado By combining ferromagnets and two rotated layers…
Read More » - 12 FebruaryScience
Tiny, sunlight-powered aircraft could soar beyond airplanes’ reach
Flight isn’t easy at the edge of space. But tiny “microfliers” could soar high in Earth’s atmosphere fueled only by…
Read More » - 9 FebruaryScience
From Heat to Spin to Electricity: Understanding Spin Transport in Thermoelectric Devices
Thermoelectric materials will allow the efficient conversion of waste industrial heat into electricity. But to create effective thermoelectric materials, their…
Read More » - 2 FebruaryScience
The Milky Way’s newfound high-energy glow hints at the secrets of cosmic rays
The Milky Way glows with a gamma ray haze, with energies vastly exceeding anything physicists can produce on Earth, according…
Read More » - Jan- 2021 -28 JanuaryScience
Diamond holds up at pressures more than five times those in Earth’s core
Diamond stands up to a squeeze. Surprisingly, the material’s structure persists even when compressed to 2 trillion pascals, more than…
Read More » - 27 JanuaryScience
‘Fundamentals’ shows how reality is built from a few basic ingredients
FundamentalsFrank WilczekPenguin Press, $26 As the story is usually told, science began when some deep thinkers in ancient Greece decided…
Read More » - 23 JanuaryScience
50 years ago, scientists poked holes in the existence of polywater
By the sweat of their brow — Science News, January 23, 1971 Polywater, or anomalous water, has provoked a continuing…
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