But powerful magnets are usually large and energy hungry. Chukun Gao at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and her colleagues sought to build a small ultra-strong magnet that would ...

Engineers have discovered an unexpected link between two very different realms of physics: the behavior of electrons in ...

It is anticipated that within just a few decades, the surging volume of digital data will constitute one of the world's largest energy consumers. Now, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, ...

Scientists have discovered quantum vibrations in a crystal that link heat, sound, and magnetism for the first time.

A new device concept opens the door to compact, high-performance transistors with built-in memory. (Nanowerk News) Transistors, the building blocks of modern electronics, are typically made of silicon ...

Researchers have potentially discovered a way to make computers process data about 1,000 times ...