Making magnets flip like cats at room temperature

Heusler alloy NiMnSb could prove valuable as a new material for digital information processing and storage.

Integration of novel materials with silicon chips makes new 'smart' devices possible

Researchers have developed a way to integrate novel functional materials onto a computer chip, allowing the creation of new smart devices and systems.

Borrowing from pastry chefs, engineers create nanolayered composites

Method to stack hundreds of nanoscale layers could open new vistas in materials science.

Accurate design of large icosahedral protein nanocages pushes bioengineering boundaries

Scientists used computational methods to build ten large, two-component, co-assembling icosahedral protein complexes the size of small virus coats.

Researchers make leap in measuring quantum states

Scientists have demonstrated a new technique for quantum tomography - self-guided quantum tomography - which opens future pathways for characterisation of large quantum states and provides robustness against inevitable system noise.

Self-organizing smart materials that mimic swarm behavior

A new study by an international team of researchers has announced that they have succeeded in demonstarting control over the interactions occurring among microscopic spheres, which cause them to self-propel into swarms, chains, and clusters.

Mixing topology and spin

Researchers demonstrate paired topology and intrinsic magnetism in compound combining gadolinium, platinum, and bismuth.