Scientists announce first room-temperature magnetic skyrmion bubbles

Researchers announced a new method for creating magnetic skyrmion bubbles at room temperature. The bubbles, a physics phenomenon thought to be an option for more energy-efficient and compact electronics, can be created with simple equipment and common materials.

Scientists tune X-rays with tiny mirrors

Scientists have created a new way of manipulating high-intensity X-rays, which will allow researchers to select extremely brief but precise X-ray bursts for their experiments.

Working at the interface for future energy

The efficiency of polymer solar cells could be improved by precisely controlling the interface between organic layers.

Multicolored nano-lanterns light up cells

Proteins that glow yellow, orange or cyan can be used to illuminate a range of biochemical processes without light excitation.

Investigating buried interfaces in ferroelectric materials

The nanoscale device community has shown great interest in exploiting the unique properties of ferroelectric materials for encoding information. But the circuitry for reading information stored in the polarization of these materials has prohibited its adaptation to extremely small scales. Now, researchers have developed a new technique that provides key information for an alternative decoding method, where better understanding will help to fully harness the properties of these devices.

More hydrogen with new nanoparticles

Scientists have successfully synthesized iron-nickel oxide nanoparticles that allows for the hydrogen production process to be ten times more efficient than existing solutions.

Framework materials yield to pressure

High pressure has become an indispensable research tool in the quest for novel functional materials. High-pressure crystallographic studies on non-porous framework materials based on coordination compounds are markedly on the rise, enabling the unraveling of structural phenomena and taking us a step closer to the derivation of structure-property relationships.