From computer chips to quantum dots—technological platforms were only made possible thanks to a detailed understanding of the used solid-state materials, such as silicon or more complex semiconductor ...

Bangladesh, one of the most densely populated countries on Earth, has long battled a massive waste crisis. In cities like Dhaka, garbage once overwhelmed streets, rivers, and canals, turning vital ...

How the study of the tunnel effect at the macro level will help to create a new generation of computers and sensors ...

Researchers developed a chip-based single-phonon directional coupler that carries out controllable splitting and achieves quantum-level performance. The device could enable microscopic on-chip routers ...

Artificial intelligence and advanced computing are helping scientists quickly identify and develop new battery materials, reducing reliance on lithium and other scarce resources. In a collaboration ...

Engineers have long dreamed of creating a wonderful material that can revolutionize construction. In 2004, their dream came true. British scientists first created Graphene—one of the forms of ...

According to Alfred Nobel's will, the Nobel Prize in Physics was to go to "the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics." The prize has been ...

Researchers from TU Wien, Johannes Kepler University Linz, and TU Bergakademie Freiberg manufactured a silicon-germanium (SiGe) transistor using an alternative approach that involves doping the ...

A professor affiliated with the University of Melbourne and two other scientists have won the Nobel prize in Chemistry for developing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) that can be used to capture carbon ...

The 2025 Nobel announcements began with the medicine prize on Monday, awarded to Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Dr Shimon Sakaguchi for their discoveries related to peripheral immune tolerance.

A new experiment confirms that angular momentum conservation holds even when a single photon is split into two.