X-ray magnetic circular dichroism: Looking at magnets in the right light

Magnetic nanostructures have long been part of our everyday life, e.g., in the form of fast…

Researchers achieve superionic hydride ion conduction at ambient temperatures

Materials that can conduct negatively charged hydrogen atoms in ambient conditions could pave the way for…

Ice sheets can collapse faster than previously thought possible

Ice sheets can retreat up to 600 meters a day during periods of climate warming, 20…

The unexpected contribution of medieval monks to volcanology

By observing the night sky, medieval monks unwittingly recorded some of history’s largest volcanic eruptions. An…

Researchers develop scalable and continuous surface modification process for magnesium alloy wires

Researchers from IMDEA Materials Institute and German medical equipment manufacturer Meotec GmbH have developed the world’s…

International research team develops method to characterize nanomaterials

Researchers from Paderborn University, the Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM),Italy’s national metrology institute, the Politecnico…

Research finds WiFi isn't the only thing connecting us during video calls—our bodies are as well

Can we truly connect with each other through video calls? Yes, according to a recent study.…

Soil nutrients affect how attractive plants are to bees from the ground up, shows study

Pollination is vital for many plants, and nutrients present in the soil before these plants even…

Researchers correlate Arctic warming to extreme winter weather in midlatitude and extrapolate its future

Pictures of melting glaciers and stranded polar bears on shrinking sea ice in the Arctic are…

Growing cells on synthetic PIC gel could save millions of mice

The synthetic PIC gel, discovered in 2013 by Radboud University chemists, appears to behave like collagen.…