A key factor for the performance of sensors is the speed at which the system returns to its initial state after a disturbance ...

A breakthrough ultraviolet crystal from China could help power next-generation nuclear clocks capable of navigation without ...

Removing excess iron reveals FeTe as a superconductor, and its properties can be engineered using layered structures and moiré effects.

A new study has captured atomic-resolution snapshots of a brown recluse spider toxin latched onto cell-membrane lipids, ...

Repeated impacts can create minerals that lock in magnetic signals long after the Moon’s global field has disappeared.

BEIJING -- An international team led by Chinese scientists has achieved the world's first observation of the complex crystalline structure of solid hydrogen using X-ray nanoscale probes, revealing the ...

A new breakthrough is transforming MXenes—ultra-thin, high-tech materials—into something far more powerful and precise.

Rice scientists have created a new type of 2D semiconductor that comes closer than ever to a “perfect” crystal.

A team of researchers has identified atomic distortions that may be linked with high-temperature superconductivity in a ...

Perovskite crystals can dramatically and reversibly change shape when hit with light, a behavior not seen in conventional ...