Some claims of high-temperature superconductivity were unable to be recreated Shutterstock / Dragon Claws Physics…
Tag: materials science
Superconductor hopes dashed after journal retracts ‘red matter’ study
Attempts to recreate purple matter below totally different pressures couldn’t replicate the fabric’s altering color…
Hollow nanoparticles linked by DNA make unusually strong materials
DNA’s robust bonds can act as a glue to make nanoparticles into sturdy supplies Vladislav…
Toughest known structure discovered by autonomous robot lab
The Bayesian experimental autonomous researcher (BEAR), a robotic laboratory Aldair E. Gongora and Bowen Xu…
LK-99: Mounting evidence suggests material is not a superconductor
Superconductors can levitate above a magnet Rokas Tenys/Alamy Just weeks after researchers claimed {that a}…
Why it’s so hard to tell if LK-99 is a room-temperature superconductor
LK-99’s creators declare it’s a superconductor at room temperature and strain Rokas Tenys/Alamy Recent claims…
Thin reflective film that mimics butterfly wings can keep cars cool
Close-up of a Morpho butterfly’s wing Shutterstock/Tomatito A skinny movie designed to imitate butterfly wings…
Scientists race to test claimed room-temperature superconductor
Superconductors can magnetically levitate Shutterstock/2016 Forance When researchers claimed lately that that they had created…
Gold flakes glow when they are bathed in light and now we know how
Gold glistens, however skinny gold wafers can generate their very own glow Shutterstock/Tatiana Ivleva Wafer-thin…
Energy-storing concrete could form foundations for solar-powered homes
Cement composite materials with small fractures overlaid with an outline of electrical energy PNAS A…