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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have created a new and unusual state of matter—known as a supersolid—by ...

Diamonds are famous for their strength, but scientists have long suspected that another form of diamond might be even harder.

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Researchers have demonstrated that electron orbitals, not just spin, can serve as a practical lever for controlling magnetism ...

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Iron-based metallic glass alloys compatible with 3D printing reduce energy losses in electric motors by eliminating crystal ...

Abstract: Existing grasp detection methods usually rely on data-driven strategies to learn grasping features from labeled data, restricting their generalization to new scenes and objects. Preliminary ...

A team of researchers has reported the first laboratory synthesis and recovery of bulk hexagonal diamond, a crystal form long ...

Illustrating showing Thomas Edison holding graphene on the left and a man with safety goggles holding a large blue crystal on ...

Here is why gallium nitride (GaN) is the natural successor to silicon MOSFETs in the 100–650 V class of power devices.