Powerful new technique reveals the mechanical environment of cells in their...
Whether building organs or maintaining healthy adult tissues, cells use biochemical and mechanical cues from their environment to make important decisions, such as becoming a neuron, a skin cell or a...
View ArticleTechnology for measuring magnetic properties under stress using piezoelectric...
Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of technology for measuring the magnetic properties of materials when force (stress) is applied. This will be vital to enabling more advanced...
View ArticleNew perovskite material to define the next generation of hard drives
The amount of data generated on a daily basis is quickly surpassing the storage capabilities of today's hard drives. In order to keep up, the next generation of hard drives must use materials with...
View ArticleNew data storage material retains its special magnetic properties even at...
A new material could become the basis for future data storage devices, since it may enable significant reductions in energy demands in comparison to present-day hard drives. This is a material from the...
View ArticleStudy uses an electric field to create magnetic properties in nonmagnetic...
In a proof-of-concept study published in Nature Physics, researchers drew magnetic squares in a nonmagnetic material with an electrified pen and then "read" this magnetic doodle with X-rays.
View ArticleCaves in central China show history of natural flood patterns
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have found that major flooding and large amounts of precipitation occur on 500-year cycles in central China. These findings shed light on the forecasting of...
View ArticleScientists determine precise 3-D location, identity of all 23,000 atoms in a...
Scientists used one of the world's most powerful electron microscopes to map the precise location and chemical type of 23,000 atoms in an extremely small particle made of iron and platinum.
View ArticleControlling the stiffness of a material at the nanoscale
Using a needle far thinner than a human hair, scientists revealed how to control mechanical stiffness in a promising material. The team applied an electric field with a nano-sized needle to cause a...
View ArticleCzech scientists develop magnetic carbon
A dream of many generations of researchers has been fulfilled by a discovery made by scientists at the Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials (RCPTM) at the Palacky University in...
View ArticleNew data mining resource for organic materials available
A new, freely accessible database of organic and organometallic materials' electronic structures is now available online for research with quantum materials.
View Article'Photonic doping' makes class of metamaterials easier to fabricate
The field of metamaterials, an intersection of materials science, physics, nanotechnology and electrical engineering, aims to produce structures with unusual electromagnetic properties. Through the...
View ArticleMagnetoelectric memory cell increases energy efficiency for data storage
Today's computers provide storage of tremendous quantities of information with extremely large data densities, but writing and retrieving this information expends a lot of energy. More than 99 percent...
View ArticleA material that can switch between multiple phases that have distinct...
(Phys.org)—A large team of researchers with members from China, the U.K., the U.S. and Japan has developed a material that can switch between multiple phases with distinct electronic, optical and...
View ArticleScientists discover a 2-D magnet
Magnetic materials form the basis of technologies that play increasingly pivotal roles in our lives today, including sensing and hard-disk data storage. But as our innovative dreams conjure wishes for...
View ArticlePhysicist points way to controlling elasticity with magnetism
If Plastic Man, Elastigirl or Mr. Fantastic ever encounter Magneto, they'd better hope the iconic X-Men figure hasn't read the latest research from Christian Binek.
View ArticleIt's never too cold for quantum
The peculiar characteristics demonstrated by quantum critical points at absolute zero remain one of the great unsolved mysteries of science.
View ArticleScientists show growing atom-thin sheets on cones allows control of defects
Rice University researchers have learned to manipulate two-dimensional materials to design in defects that enhance the materials' properties.
View ArticleControlling traffic on the electron highway—researching graphene
On an otherwise normal day in the lab, Eva Andrei didn't expect to make a major discovery. Andrei, a physics professor at Rutgers University, was using graphite – the material in pencils – to calibrate...
View ArticleImaging how magnetism goes surfing
Using advanced dynamic imaging, researchers have been able to visualise deformation (sound) waves in crystals and measured the effect on nanomagnetic elements. This offers new low power magnetization...
View ArticleResearchers find new way to manipulate magnetism
In a pioneering effort to control, measure and understand magnetism at the atomic level, researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered a new method...
View ArticleResearchers create atom-thick alloys with unanticipated magnetic properties
Substituting atoms in the process of making two-dimensional alloys not only allows them to be customized for applications but also can make them magnetic, according to Rice University scientists and...
View ArticleUnlocking the potential of magnetic skyrmions
Magnetic skyrmions offer the promise of next-generation memory and computing technologies, such as cache memory devices and cloud computing. Now A*STAR researchers have developed an innovative...
View ArticleHow the magnetoelastic effect can control the magnetic properties of...
Rapidly modifying magnetic properties is key for low power magnetic devices. The EU-funded MULTIREV project has contributed to a study which exploits magnetoelastic coupling, for the design of...
View ArticleSoft magnetic material characterizations get a harder look
In motors, generators and similar electric machines, the electrical current that powers them generates magnetic fields that magnetize some of the metallic components.
View ArticleAre multiple H-coils needed to accurately measure magnetic field strengths?
Is more always better? Researchers from Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan, sought to find out if that was the case for measuring magnetic field strengths. Their paper, appearing this week in AIP...
View ArticleA material with promising properties
Researchers at the University of Konstanz have developed a method for synthesising Europium (II) oxide nanoparticles, a ferromagnetic semiconductor that is relevant for data storage and data transport
View ArticleMagnetoelectric material shows promise as memory for electronics
Our smartphones and computers wouldn't be nearly as useful without all the apps, music, and videos we keep on them.
View ArticleScientists study 'smart' magnetic gel in a magnetic field
Magnetic gels are the new generation of "smart" composite materials. They consist of a polymer medium and nano- or micro-dimensional magnetic particles embedded in it. These composites are frequently...
View ArticleThe atomic dynamics of rare everlasting electric fields
By ricocheting neutrons off the atoms of yttrium manganite (YMnO3) heated to 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit, researchers have discovered the atomic mechanisms that give the unusual material its rare...
View ArticleScientists suggest a new method for synthesizing a promising magnetic material
Scientists from Siberian Federal University (SFU) and the Russian Academy of Sciences have used a new method for synthesizing iron-dysprosium garnet. Magnetic materials of this class are used in...
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