Light perfects interfaces

Shining light on a growing semiconductor modifies its interface with the surface and could improve the optical properties of each.

The wet road to fast and stable batteries

An international team of scientists has discovered an anode battery material with superfast charging and stable operation over many thousands of cycles.

Stirring up a quantum spin liquid with disorder

New, unexpected paradigm discovered: Disorder may actually promote an exotic quantum state, with potential for ultrafast computing.

Gecko adhesion technology moves closer to industrial uses

Scientists are looking into how gecko adhesion technology could be applied in a high-precision industrial setting, such as in robot arms used in manufacturing computer chips.

Vehicles could get 'nerves' that sense damage with new research

Helicopters, tanks and other vehicles could someday be made of "smart material" that senses damage, similar to how nerves tell the body it has been injured.

New ultra-thin diamond membrane Is a radiobiologist's best friend

Researchers developed a diamond-based detector that can control the dose of radiation given to live cells down to a single particle.

Advance in light filtering technology has implications for LCD screens, lasers and beyond

An innovative new light polarizer has been designed that efficiently tailors polarized light for various optical applications.