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Physicists studied crystals made of rotating objects that fragment easily, show unusual defects, and follow a new theory predicting their unique behavior.

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Scientists and engineers at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory plan to speed up the process of designing, testing and optimizing new metal-alloy components for defense industry customers — ...

Sometimes, less really is more. By removing oxygen during synthesis, a team led by materials scientists at Penn State has ...

In the right combinations and conditions, two-dimensional materials can host intriguing and potentially valuable quantum phases, like superconductivity and unique forms of magnetism. Why they occur, ...

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Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, report in the Journal of the American Chemical Societythe ...

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TRUNNANO, a leading global nanomaterials manufacturer, officially announced that its R&D team has achieved a breakthrough in the preparation technology of spherical silica SiO2 powder, successfully ...