At temperatures approaching absolute zero, most magnetic materials settle into tidy patterns. Their tiny magnetic moments, or ...

A micrometer-sized liquid crystal droplet doped with fluorescent dye functions as a nanosecond optical switch that controls light output using light alone. The resonant cavity design cuts the energy ...

Most solid materials we rely on, from steel, to plastics and ceramics, are designed to have specific properties. Whether a material is soft and flexible, or stiff and tough depends on how molecules ...

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

Its molecules are jumbled like those in a liquid, a random structure from just one of countless possible arrangements. An ideal glass is different. What would appear to be a jumbled mess of molecules ...

Mercury freezes at roughly minus 38.8 degrees Celsius, a temperature so far below everyday conditions that the silvery ...

Solid-state batteries could be safer and more energy-dense than today’s lithium-ion technology, but finding materials that allow ions to move quickly through solid electrolytes has been difficult.

The computer-generated "ideal glass" solves a 75-year-old physics paradox and promises revolutionary materials.

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All-optical image processing has been viewed as a promising technique for its high computation speed and low power consumption. CHENGDU, SICHUAN, CHINA, January 7 ...