Unexpected Findings – Graphene Grows, and We Can See It
Using ‘patchy particles’ as a model for graphene’s atomic structure, researchers have gained novel insights into the formation and evolution of defects in two-dimensional materials….
Using ‘patchy particles’ as a model for graphene’s atomic structure, researchers have gained novel insights into the formation and evolution of defects in two-dimensional materials….
When it comes to crystals, we tend to imagine solid, rigid structures with distinct, repeating patterns, such as ice, salt, and quartz. However, new research…
Ludovico Lami of QuSoft and the University of Amsterdam and Mark M. Wilde of Cornell have achieved a major breakthrough in the field of quantum…
The power of the second law The second law of thermodynamics is widely considered one of the most universally true physical laws. It dictates that…
Scientists from the Rijksmuseum, CNRS, the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, the University of Amsterdam, and the University of Antwerp made a rare discovery of lead…
Researchers have used gamma rays to detect a small neighboring galaxy. According to a new study recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy, an international…
Sponges are among the oldest creatures on Earth and play an essential role in many underwater ecosystems. New research finds that sponges ‘sneeze’ to clear…
Researchers discover a new mechanism for activating cancer-killing T cells Researchers have made significant progress in the discovery and administration of cancer immunotherapies, which employ…
These days, imagining our everyday life without lasers is difficult. Lasers are used in printers, CD players, measuring devices, pointers, and so on. What makes…
An international team of biologists has successfully used biologgers to reveal insights into the lifestyle and hunting behavior of the little-known species Sowerby’s beaked whale….
Physicists from the University of Amsterdam have proposed a new architecture for a scalable quantum computer. Making use of the collective motion of the constituent…
Sometimes, the inside of a material can determine what happens on the outside. A team of physicists from the University of Amsterdam has devised a…
(Article translated to English) Astronomers from the University of Amsterdam have developed a model to explain the formation of planetary system Trappist-1 and other compact…
New research reveals that sudden speed jumps in the rotational velocity of pulsars have a minimum size, and that they are caused not by the…
A team of researchers has detected all phases of thermonuclear burning in a neutron star located close to the center of the galaxy in the…