A remarkable pink diamond, thought to have once belonged to Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France, has recently been ...

Carbon nanotubes provide excellent platforms for imaging and analysis, allowing high-resolution investigations into the atomic world. Among chemical elements, the noble gases have been the most ...

Graphene’s impact on the circular economy is significant. By strengthening materials at a molecular level, it extends product ...

The vertical-structure heterojunction has been highlighted as a promising candidate for the solar-blind ultraviolet (UV) photodetector (PD) due to the control of its channel length and the strong ...

Diamonds might be forever but that doesn't stop them being bought and sold. One stone thought to have once belonged to Marie ...

In a size regime where every atom counts, rational design and synthesis of optimal nanostructures demands direct interrogation of the effects of structural divergence of individuals on the ...

British researchers have developed diamond batteries that use carbon-14 to generate microwatts' worth of power for up to ...

The IAEA has a long history of helping countries adjust to salinized soils. In 1978, the IAEA helped develop climate smart agricultural practices to reclaim salt-affected soil that transformed saline ...

Could the future of clean energy hinge on the spin of a single electron? A new scientific review suggests it might.

Liquid carbon was thought to be impossible to study under normal conditions. The material only exists for billionths of a ...

Theories must stand up to practical testing, and this is especially true in physics. Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg ...