New experiment deciphers an important intermediate step towards a new phase of matter. (Nanowerk News) Usually, hydrogen is a colourless gas. Under ultra-high pressure, however, this simplest of all ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft may have spotted a strange and mysterious structure at the boundary of our solar system and the space beyond. Scientists writing in Geophysical Research Letters think ...

Since the discovery of low-temperature superconductors, there has been an ongoing effort to realize superconductivity at room temperatures with low cooling costs. Crystalline materials containing ...

The unique properties of high-entropy alloys make them ideal for hydrogen storage, offering advantages in stability and performance over traditional materials.

In a few highly specialized laboratories, scientists bombard matter with the world’s most powerful electrical pulses or zap it with sophisticated lasers. Other labs squeeze heavy-duty diamonds ...

Researchers have struggled to explain the molecular structure of proton exchange membranes, the key component in hydrogen fuel cells. Researchers have developed a model that explains how the membrane ...

Researchers from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) and the University of Tokyo have engineered a new type of hydrogel. This hydrogel mimics the natural process of ...