The exploitation of polarization or charge separation in ferroelectric materials has led to remarkable advances in various fields, such as the development of new ultrasound diagnostic devices. Prominently, these ferroelectric ...
Condensed Matter
Jun 26, 2023
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What is the impact of affirmative actions, such as quota systems, on minorities' representation in top ranks of the academic and corporate worlds? Scientists used mathematical models for the first time to quantify how successful ...
Social Sciences
May 25, 2023
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Large numbers can only be factorized with a great deal of computational effort. Physicists at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, led by Wolfgang Lechner are now providing a blueprint for a new type of quantum computer ...
General Physics
May 4, 2023
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A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames National Laboratory demonstrated a way to advance the role of quantum computing in materials research with an adaptive algorithm for simulating materials. Quantum ...
Condensed Matter
May 1, 2023
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Laser-driven 'mirrors' capable of reflecting or manipulating light have been produced in research led at the University of Strathclyde.
Optics & Photonics
Jan 31, 2023
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As anyone who drinks their coffee with milk knows, it's much easier to mix liquids together than to separate them. In fact, the second law of thermodynamics would seem to dictate that a mixture would never be able to separate ...
Soft Matter
Jan 5, 2023
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Scientists have shown how three vortices can be linked in a way that prevents them from being dismantled. The structure of the links resembles a pattern used by Vikings and other ancient cultures, although this study focused ...
Soft Matter
Dec 12, 2022
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Soft magnetic materials, i.e., materials that can be easily magnetized and demagnetized, play an essential role in transformers, generators, and motors. The ability of a magnetic material to resist an external magnetic field ...
General Physics
Dec 1, 2022
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A paper by researchers in the University at Buffalo's Department of Mathematics that could impact the way neuron-to-neuron communications are mapped was recently published in Communications Physics.
Mathematics
Dec 1, 2022
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Invented in 1970 by Corning Incorporated, low-loss optical fiber became the best means to efficiently transport information from one place to another over long distances without loss of information. The most common way of ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 23, 2022
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