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Researchers show that routine lattice flaws can reliably detect topological phases, opening new routes for quantum materials and device engineering Cracked surface (Courtesy: iStock/Yodiyim) ...

A new path has opened toward manufacturing high-performance precious-metal catalysts capable of producing and utilizing ...

Materials scientists at Rice University have developed a new workflow methodology for measuring microscopic defects in diamond and other advanced semiconductor materials. By making it easier to spot ...

Scientists from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, in collaboration with teams from the National University of Singapore and Radboud University in the Netherlands, have observed ...

Order doesn’t always form perfectly—and those imperfections can be surprisingly powerful. In materials like liquid crystals, tiny “defects” emerge when symmetry breaks, shaping everything from cosmic ...

For nearly a decade, Anil Menon's job was to make sure other people were healthy enough to leave the planet. On Tuesday morning, July 14, he becomes the passenger. Menon — physician, mechanical ...

Scientists have discovered record concentrations of hidden gold locked inside pyrite, the mineral commonly known as fool’s ...

Wedbush connects a routine financing deal to a much bigger AI chip problem brewing for 2028 and beyond.