The performance of rechargeable batteries is governed by processes deep within their components. A fundamental understanding of electrochemistry, structure–property–performance relationships and the ...

In a new study ( Nature Physics, "Orbital Seebeck effect induced by chiral phonons" ), researchers developed the most ...

Researchers are analyzing the new find at the mine in northern Botswana and paying attention to a quality never before ...

While Boyce’s crystal may be the largest single crystal of copper sulfate, students at the Kurfrüst-Ruprecht-Gymnasium in Germany hold the record for overall size. Their polymorphic crystal reached a ...

Snowflakes, nature's tiny artworks, owe their six-sided symmetry to the hexagonal arrangement of water molecules in ice. As they fall through clouds, varying temperatures and humidity dictate their ...

Scientists at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have developed a new generation of photocatalysts capable ...

The material exhibits an exceptionally low lattice thermal conductivity of ~0.18 W/m·K, placing it among the lowest known for crystalline solids.

Light can hit a lead halide perovskite crystal that is anything but pristine and still end up as useful electric current.

"We are moving from post-diction to prediction," said Raghu Kulkarni. "These papers demonstrate that the confusing constants ...

A new study reveals how intertwined forms of frustration in quantum materials can give rise to unconventional magnetic states.

Imagine a "smart fluid" whose internal structure can be rearranged just by changing temperature. In a new study published in Matter, researchers report a way to overcome a long-standing limitation in ...