A groundbreaking process for creating ultra-selective separation membranes

Discovery could greatly improve energy-efficiency of separation and purification processes in the chemical and petrochemical industries.

Optical fingerprint can reveal pollutants in the air

Researchers have proposed a new, sophisticated method of detecting molecules with sensors based on ultra-thin nanomaterials.

Quantum movement of electrons in atomic layers shows potential of materials for electronics and photonics

A research team has observed the counterintuitive motion of electrons during experiments. Because this sort of quantum transport is very efficient, it could play a key role in a new type of manmade material that could be used someday in solar cells and electronics.

Using lasers to create ultra-short pulses

Physicists demonstrate a technique for optically controlled acceleration, deceleration and deflection of electrons.

Liquid fuel for future computers

Future computer chip stacks could be supplied with electrical power and cooled at the same time by tiny integrated redox flow batteries.

High-energy electrons probe ultrafast atomic motion

A new technique synchronized high-energy electrons with an ultrafast laser pulse to probe how vibrational states of atoms change in time.

The strangeness of slow dynamics

Nanomagnetism researchers have reported so-far unknown anomalies near dynamic phase transitions.

Mapping the effects of crystal defects

Study sheds light on interactions that change the way heat and electricity move through microchips.