In biology, defects are generally bad. But in materials science, defects can be intentionally tuned to give materials useful new properties. Today, atomic-scale defects are carefully introduced during ...

A new model measures defects that can be leveraged to improve materials' mechanical strength, heat transfer, and ...

Studying and designing novel materials is a central application of quantum mechanics. Chemists, materials scientists, and ...

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IBM and an international team of researchers have used a quantum computer to accurately simulate the electronic structure of ...

In biology, defects are generally bad. But in materials science, defects can be intentionally tuned to give materials useful new properties. Today ...

Understanding the hidden interfacial coupling in two-dimensional (2D) materials, such as multilayer graphene and hexagonal ...

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Team from U.S. Department of Energy-funded Quantum Science Center demonstrates quantum computers can perform material ...

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Irene Fonseca has been elected a fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest ...