Polymer-based adhesives are essential for bonding lightweight materials used in transportation; however, how individual polymer chains behave at solid interfaces has remained unclear. In a recent ...

Despite its playful origin, Boise State researchers have taken this concept to the next level with “electronic tattoos” that ...

Born in Brooklyn in 1942, Freed’s scientific trajectory began early; he and his brother Jack, who himself would go on to ...

Nitash Balsara, an Indian American scientist from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered that molecular vibrations can act like a catapult, flinging ...

Electrons in solar materials can be launched across molecules almost as fast as nature allows, thanks to tiny atomic vibrations acting like a “molecular catapult.” In experiments lasting just 18 ...

A tiny burst of motion inside a molecule may be enough to shove an electron across a solar material almost as fast as nature ...

Quantum mechanical effects are known to be easily disrupted by disturbances from the surrounding environment, commonly referred to as noise. To minimize these disturbances, physicists often study ...

IOP Publishing (IOPP) has expanded its article publication charge (APC) discount and waiver programme to make open access (OA ...

Controlling light with light is a long-sought goal for computing and communication technologies. Achieving this capability ...

Scientists have discovered that electrons in solar materials can be launched across molecules almost as fast as nature allows, driven by tiny atomic vibrations.

They’re tenacious, which is very good for a milk jug or a car bumper. But they don’t easily break down, which is bad for the environment. From the 1950s, when plastics were first produced in ...