Sodium-ion batteries show promise as a cheaper, more sustainable alternative to lithium-ion but need major advancements to become competitive. Stanford’s STEER study emphasizes that innovation, not ...

Matter can be both wave and particle. If you take the particle route ... zirconium silicon selenide (ZrSiSe), which has a similar structure, in the presence of a magnetic field.

Don Lincon, a senior scientist at the U.S. particle physics laboratory Fermilab, describes bosons as “puppies of the subatomic world” because you can have an unlimited number of bosons in the ...

A thorough analysis of market, technological, and supply chain outcomes for sodium-ion batteries finds that significant advances are needed before commercialization. Legions of battery engineers ...

The latest darling contender among researchers, startups, and venture capitalists—sodium-ion batteries—has received much attention after COVID-induced mineral supply chain challenges sent lithium ...

Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how collisionless shock waves -- found throughout the universe -- are able to accelerate particles to extreme speeds. Scientists have come a ...

Earth's inner core may actually have two distinct layers. (alexlmx/Canva Pro) "We found evidence that may indicate a change in the structure of iron, which suggests perhaps two separate cooling events ...

"This behavior is responsible for the whole structure of the periodic table," says Hazzard ... Restricted to just two dimensions, some materials can give rise to a particle-like behavior that breaks ...