Science

Spintronics: Molecules stabilizing magnetism: Organic molecules fixing the magnetic orientation of a cobalt surface/ building block for a compact and low-cost storage technology/ publication in Nature Materials

51973_0.jpg
The magnetic moments of the three organic molecules and the cobalt surface align very stably relative to each other.

Unlocking the Rice Immune System

Pam-rice-for-real-300x98.jpg
Rice is a staple for half the world’s population and the model plant for grass-type biofuel feedstocks...

Spintronics: Molecules stabilizing magnetism: Organic molecules fixing the magnetic orientation of a cobalt surface/ building block for a compact and low-cost storage technology/ publication in Nature Materials

51973.jpg
The magnetic moments of the three organic molecules and the cobalt surface align very stably relative to each other.

UK and South African Space Agencies to increase collaboration

s300_MERIS_mosaic_of_Africa_-_May_2004.jpg
South Africa pictured from space.

NASA’s New Horizons Team Finds Haze, Flowing Ice on Pluto

nh_01_stern_05_pluto_hazenew.jpg
Backlit by the sun, Pluto’s atmosphere rings its silhouette like a luminous halo in this...

Penn researchers discover new chiral property of silicon, with photonic applications

51972.jpg
By encoding information in photons via their spin, photonic computers could be orders of magnitude faster and efficient than their current-...

Gaia satellite and amateur astronomers spot one in a billion star

Gaia14aae.jpg
Artist’s impression of Gaia14aae.

Nanowires give 'solar fuel cell' efficiency a tenfold boost: Eindhoven researchers make important step towards a solar cell that generates hydrogen

51926.jpg
Array of nanowires gallium phosphide made with an electron microscope.

Could not connect2