Consumer electronic devices are made from materials that we have been using for more than 60 years, mainly silicon, germanium ...

A new class of semiconductors that can store information in electric fields could enable computers that run on less power, sensors with quantum precision, and the conversion of signals between ...

Diamonds with certain optically active defects can be used as highly sensitive sensors or qubits for quantum computers, where ...

The University of Oxford’s Department of Materials has entered a new era in microscopy with the arrival of a custom-built £3 ...

In a new paper, Jordan Jensen and Alexis Ault introduce a new forensic tool designed to enhance our understanding of how unconformities form. Iron oxide minerals are found in rocks around the world.

WORCESTER ― Talks are underway within state government about establishing a third long-term care home for veterans, Veterans Services Secretary Jon Santiago said Tuesday. At a Joint Ways and ...

Uranium materials with well-defined micro-scale morphologies have diverse applications in the nuclear industry. A key example is their use in high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs), where ...

The NFL finally found a change to the kickoff formation that it likes. But the league apparently doesn’t like it enough. Four weeks ago today, Competition Committee chairman Rich McKay said changes ...

THE detail seen in a highly magnified electron micrograph is to-day limited more by a lack of contrast in the image than by any lack of resolution in the microscope, which is now usually capable ...