Electromagnetics

Credit: Jessica A.-C. Liu Researchers from North Carolina State University and Elon University have made artificial cilia, or hair-like structures, that can bend into new shapes in response to a magnetic field, then return to their…

Credit: NASA/Goddard/MAVEN/CU Boulder/SVS/Cindy Starr Five years after NASA's MAVEN spacecraft entered into orbit around Mars, data from the mission has led to the creation of a map of electric current systems in the Martian…

Applying a localized pressure improves the control of metamagnetic materials at the nanoscaleCredit: ICMAB-CSIC Some memory devices where information from smartphones and computers is stored are based on a very precise control of the…

Credit: Photo by Hugh Scott. Courtesy of Sooner Magazine, University of Oklahoma. University of Oklahoma professors Arne Schwettmann and Grant Biedermann recently received a research award to investigate applications of what Albert…

2D order protects several entangled states that could be used in quantum computingCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (May 18, 2020) -- U.S. and German physicists have found surprising evidence that one of the most…

Scientists explain how perforating flexible electrodes with micrometer-sized holes makes them resistant to bending and foldingCredit: DGIST The prospect of the widespread commercialization and application of flexible…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Nearly 50 years ago, Brown University physicist Michael Kosterlitz and his colleagues used the mathematics of topology -- the study of how objects can be deformed by stretching or twisting but not tearing or breaking…

Credit: Photo by Elle Hughes on Unsplash Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, or Chardonnay - when you reach for your favourite white, it's the clean, clear sparkle that first catches your eye. Or does it? When white wines look cloudy it's a…

Stevens researchers develop a ferromagnetic semiconductor that works at room temperature, solving one of science's most intractable problemsCredit: Stevens Institute of Technology As our smartphones, laptops, and computers get…

Credit: Johann Riemensberger (EPFL) Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) comprised an array of techniques using laser light to measure distances by multiplying the time delay between transmitted and received optical signals with the…

Passive method for locating and characterizing radio waves could lead to cameras that can capture images using ambient radio wavesCredit: Aaron Diebold, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - Electrical engineers at Duke University…

Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Skoltech, and the Russian Academy of Sciences Joint Institute for High Temperatures have conducted a theoretical study of the…

Mainz-based researchers present new technique for measuring the charge state, defects, and capacity losses of rechargeable batteries using atomic magnetometryCredit: photo/©: Arne Wickenbrock Rechargeable batteries are at the heart…

Engineers have demonstrated a practical way to use magnetism to transmit electricity wirelessly to recharge electric cars, robots or even drones. Stanford engineers have taken a big step toward making it practical for electric cars to…

Purdue startup obtains rights to environmentally friendly extraction and purification technology to protect vital electronics The technology – developed and patented from the laboratory of Nien-Hwa Linda Wang, Purdue's Maxine Spencer…

Credit: Illustration: Michal Rössler In the development of autonomous systems and materials, self-assembling molecular structures controlled by chemical reaction networks are increasingly important. However, there is a lack of simple…

A paper was published in Nature MaterialsCredit: Kazan Federal University Quantum technology was once considered to be something very expensive and available only to the largest research centers. However, in our days it's widely…

Thanks to its magnetic properties, the material -- zinc-doped manganese chromite -- can be used in a range of products, from gas sensors to data storage devicesCredit: Renan Ribeiro Spinels are oxides with chemical formulas of the type…

Credit: Illustration: Bryan Kudisch, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University The Princeton University Department of Chemistry publishes research this week proving that an applied magnetic field will interact with the electronic…

A thin, iron-based generator uses waste heat to provide small amounts of powerCredit: © 2020 Sakai et al Researchers have found a way to convert heat energy into electricity with a nontoxic material. The material is mostly…