Researchers at Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have demonstrated an innovative method to control magnetism in materials using an ...

Earthworms often form a cluster, from which they can barely free themselves. A similarly active, writhing structure forms ...

Scientists at the University of Michigan have unlocked a long-standing mystery about quasicrystals exotic materials that ...

Laser compression, on the other hand, can turn solid carbon into ... Kraus et al, The structure of liquid carbon elucidated by in situ X-ray diffraction, Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038 ...

The research paper was published in Nature ... a solid form, yet its atomic arrangement under extreme compression was enigmatic until now. "As pressure increases, hydrogen's crystalline structure ...

Neuroscientists have observed for the first time how structures deep in the brain are activated when the brain becomes aware of its own thoughts, known as conscious perception. The brain is ...

Scientists confirmed plastic ice VII, an exotic water phase where molecules rotate within a solid structure, using neutron scattering ... were carried out to explore the nature of the phase transition ...

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Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan ...

The increasing volume and complexity of waste associated with the modern economy is posing a serious risk to ecosystems and human health. Every year, an estimated 11.2 billion tonnes of solid waste is ...

Researchers have uncovered the atomic mechanisms that make a class of compounds called argyrodites attractive candidates for both solid-state ... May 18 in the journal Nature Materials.

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