Using a superconducting quantum computer, physicists created a large and complex version of an odd quantum material that has ...

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Chemist Omar Yaghi invented materials called MOFs, a few grams of which have the surface area of a football field. He ...

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When materials become just one atom thick, melting no longer follows the familiar rules. Instead of jumping straight from solid to liquid, an unusual in-between state emerges, where atomic positions ...

Researchers from the labs of Professors Vinayak Dravid and Omar Farha developed a high-resolution approach to map ...

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows.

Crystallization is a well-explored natural phenomenon where atoms or molecules arrange themselves into highly organized solid ...

A strange form of matter called a time crystal has fascinated physicists for about a decade. These systems move in repeating ...

A food-safe gelatin microneedle sensor pierces sealed packaging and changes color as food spoils, offering consumers a ...

The white streaks that crisscross the sky have become a Rorschach test for a polarized era. To some, they are proof of a ...

Existing technology is being upcycled and deployed in new ways as companies seek to measure more data, more accurately.