Researchers from the Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Engineering have successfully developed a new technique allowing them to observe gas molecules packing into metal-organic frameworks (MOF) using infrared spectroscopy. Their innovation was to measure…
Surprising behaviour of hybrid matter-antimatter atoms in superfluid helium
A hybrid matter–antimatter helium atom containing an antiproton, the proton’s antimatter equivalent in the place of an electron, has an unexpected response to laser light when immersed in superfluid helium, reports the ASACUSA collaboration at CERN. The result,…
Portable generator powers small safety devices
A new stick-like, water-based device can convert energy from movement into electricity. The technology, which was reported in the Journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, could be used to power portable devices, such as safety lights. With the…
Reasserting U.S. leadership in microelectronics
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The global semiconductor shortage has grabbed headlines and caused a cascade of production bottlenecks that have driven up prices on all sorts of consumer goods, from refrigerators to SUVs. The chip shortage has thrown…
Life could be thriving in the clouds of Venus
BY ERIC VERBETEN MADISON — Is there life on Venus? For more than a century, scientists have pondered this question. Now, there is renewed interest in Venus as a place that could support living organisms.…