Researchers from Japan have made a new system that can convert waste heat into ...

A study shows that polarons can host stable atomic distortion patterns, reshaping how charge and energy move in materials ...

Billions of cigarette butts end up on sidewalks, beaches, and gutters each year. They are small, easy to ignore, and hard to clean up.

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Scientists are learning how to temporarily reshape materials by nudging their internal quantum rhythms instead of blasting them with extreme lasers. By harnessing excitons, short-lived energy pairs ...

Dangerous concentrations of algae such as "red tides" have been consistently emerging in locations around the world. A region in Southern Australia is experiencing a nine-month toxic algae bloom that ...

Thermoelectric devices are promising for capturing and converting waste heat it into useful electricity. Conventional devices ...