Quantum engineers have spent years trying to tame the fragility of qubits, only to be thwarted by the tiniest imperfections ...

(Nanowerk News) The surface properties of complex crystalline materials can be calculated reliably and automatically using only the fundamental laws of physics, thanks to a new computer-based method.

Crystals are known far and wide for their beauty and elegance. But even though they may appear perfect on the outside, their microstructure can be quite complicated, making them difficult to model ...

A new study examining how ice forms from pure water found that the geometry of the surface that water is on can have an effect on whether or not it freezes, suggesting that surface geometry plays an ...

These newly discovered spinning crystals twist, break, and heal themselves, revealing a strange new side of solid matter.

Using hard X-ray photoemission spectroscopy, researchers revealed how oxygen vacancies and structural disorder influence subgap state formation. The figure shows the InGaZnO 4 crystal structure, the ...

On the move: a time sequence of images showing the motion of a droplet in the liquid crystal. (Courtesy: Hend Baza) Experimental models are vital to the study of human cell migration and division.

Based on a small amount of basic information about a crystal's structure, the Oldenburg researchers' programme calculates the properties of complex new materials. Computer-based methods are becoming ...