UK delivers super-cool kit to USA for next-generation dark matter experiment
A UK built titanium chamber designed to keep its contents at -100°C has been shipped to the USA, where it will soon become part...
Could faster photons enable total data security?
Researchers at the University of Sheffield, UK, have solved a key puzzle in quantum physics that could help to enable total data security.
A team...
Two independent magnetic skyrmion phases discovered in a single material
For the first time, a team of researchers have discovered two different magnetic skyrmion phases in a single material, leading to a better understanding...
Graphene smart membranes can control water
Researchers at the University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) have achieved a long-sought-after objective of electrically controlling water flow through graphene smart membranes.
This...
Particle physics and the discovery of scattering of W and Z bosons
Particle physicists from Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, together with international research colleagues, have discovered an extremely rare process that can be compared to tiny...
Can an electron beam manipulate single atoms?
Researchers at the University of Vienna, Austria, have pioneered a technique that uses electron beams to manipulate single atoms, making it possible to control...
New superconductor technology for the transmission grid
Researchers have designed a superconductor technology to produce a cable for high-voltage power transmission – a feasibility study reveals advantages over a conventional cable...
Porous materials shed light on environment purification
A joint research group from Spain and Japan have developed porous materials that are thermally and chemically durable organic frameworks with large surface area.
Over...
Launching an international laboratory to study the properties of matter
French researchers and Japanese engineers are teaming up to develop a new electron microscope capable of studying the properties of matter at very small...
Graphene Engineering Innovation centre announces first partners
The University of Manchester’s recently completed £60m (~€68m) Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) has agreed the first in a series of industrial partnerships to...
