Researchers at City College of New York physicist Vinod M. Menon's Laboratory for Nano and Micro Photonics (LaNMP) have ...

Recently, researchers have looked beyond traditional semiconductor materials to create devices using a promising class of ...

Quantum materials could transform technologies ranging from powerful computers and ultrasecure communications to advanced ...

Scientists have unveiled a groundbreaking discovery: a material capable of bending light in unprecedented ways. This advancement opens up possibilities for innovations in optics, including superlenses ...

Physicists have created a new and long-lasting magnetic state in a material, using only light. The results provide a new way to control and switch antiferromagnetic materials, which are of interest ...

Scientists have found a new use for AI, which shouldn't come as much of a surprise these days. This time, they used AI to design an ultra-light yet incredibly strong new material. This AI-created ...

Ultraviolet (UV) light has higher energy photons than visible light and, thus, has more applications. Researchers have now developed a brilliant innovation -- a solid-state material that can stably ...

Engineered material uses light to destroy PFAS and other contaminants. Materials scientists at Rice University (TX, USA) and collaborators have developed a material that uses light to break down a ...

This simple-sounding material is not only strong, but extremely light, weighing just a few micrograms per layer. The team measured the material to have a hardness of over 11 GigaPascals (GPa), and an ...

Scientists regularly turn to nature for inspiration in their pursuit of next-generation materials, and a team of engineers studying the porous microstructures of bone and wood has come up with a ...