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Excitons form superfluid in certain 2-D combos
Mixing and matching computational models of 2-D materials led scientists at Rice University to the realization…
Radiation pressure with recoil: Experimental proof for a 90 year-old theory
Light exerts a certain amount of pressure onto a body: sun sails could thus power space…
Electrically charged dust storms drive Martian chlorine cycle
How’s the weather on Mars? Tough on rovers, but very good for generating and moving highly…
Research reveals how material defects influence melting process
In 1972, physicists J. Michael Kosterlitz and David Thouless published a groundbreaking theory of how phase…
New research investigates the role of lipid rafts in virus infiltration
A cell’s membrane acts as a natural shield, a fence around the cell that protects and…
Black and female principal candidates more likely to experience delayed and denied promotions
Black and female assistant principals are systematically delayed and denied promotion to principal, compared to their…
From clickbait to transparency: Reimagining the online world
Polarization, conspiracy theories, fake news: What people see on the Internet is largely determined by the…
New tool to measure aerosol optical hygroscopicity
Researchers at Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science recently developed…
A continental-scale prediction on the functional diversity of stream microbes
A recent research find indicates that climate change increases the functional diversity of microbes living in…