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Acoustic Twist Reveals Flat Bands
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Acoustic Twist Reveals Flat Bands

A characteristic feature of twisted graphene bilayers has now been seen in an analogous acoustic system.   Read More »

Iron–Helium Compounds Form Under Pressure
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Iron–Helium Compounds Form Under Pressure

Experiments show that iron’s crystal lattice expands to incorporate helium.   Read More »

Cooking Flawless Pasta
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Cooking Flawless Pasta

Scientists have pinpointed energy-efficient ways to cook al dente pasta and developed an infallible recipe for the perfect cacio e pepe sauce.   Read More »

Oscillating Magnetoresistance
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Oscillating Magnetoresistance

At low temperatures the resistance of a layered magnetic semiconductor shoots up and down in response to an increasing magnetic field.   Read More »

Bumpy Particles Take One Step to Become Glass
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Bumpy Particles Take One Step to Become Glass

Roughing up the surfaces of particles in a colloidal system can smooth its transition into a glassy state.   Read More »

Charting Flatland Materials
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Charting Flatland Materials

Researchers have measured graphene’s plasmon spectrum using a novel electron-based spectroscopy technique.   Read More »

Fracture Energy of Soft Lattices
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Fracture Energy of Soft Lattices

The energy required to fracture a lattice material obeys a scaling law governed by just three parameters, researchers find.   Read More »

Taking the Temperature of Earth’s Core
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Taking the Temperature of Earth’s Core

By measuring the melting temperature of iron under high transient pressure, researchers set a limit on the temperature at the boundary between the inner and outer cores.   Read More »

The Puzzle of Radiation-Resistant Alloys
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The Puzzle of Radiation-Resistant Alloys

Atomic simulations deepen the mystery of how engineered materials known as refractory high-entropy alloys can suffer so little damage by radiation.   Read More »

Predicting the Behavior of Knitted Fabrics
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Predicting the Behavior of Knitted Fabrics

A simplified model of how yarns interact shows that a piece of knitted fabric can have many stable resting states depending on its history of deformation.   Read More »

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