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• New type of electronic noise could be used to measure temperature difference at nano-scale

  Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science (Rehovot, Israel), the University of Toronto (Canada), and the University of Tel Aviv (Israel) have discovered a new type of electronic noise, called delta-T noise, which is created when two sides of an electrical junction are held at different temperatures. details>>

• Researchers posit theory that explains the anomalies in low-temperature superconductors

  Scientists from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) and the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics in Russia, the Institut Neel in France, the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, and the University of Utah in the U.S. have developed a theory that explains the low-temperature anomalies in disorganized superconductors. details>>

• Researchers use laser pulses to trigger and detail light-induced phase changes

  Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Mass., along with partners at Stanford University (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) in Russia, have demonstrated that intense laser pulses can be used to create light-induced phase changes. details>>

• Chemists discover hidden gapless states on the path to semiconductor nanocrystals

  Chemists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS) and the Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) discovered that in the thermal decomposition of zinc alkoxide compounds, which are precursors to semiconducting zinc oxide, there were previously unreported intermediate clusters with gapless electronic states. details>>

• Novel concept for cooling boiling surfaces could prevent nuclear power plant accidents

  Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have created a novel concept to overcome the critical heat flux (CHF) of boiling by 10 percent to utilize the latent heat of converting water to vapor to cool high-heat surfaces, such as those in nuclear power plants. details>>

• Engineers use polymer coating on building exteriors to enhance passive daytime radiative cooling

  Engineers from Columbia University (N.Y.) have developed a high-performance exterior passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) polymer coating with nanoscale air voids that can be applied like paint on rooftops, building exteriors, vehicles and more. details>>

• Chemical engineers functionalize boron nitride within nanosystems to improve performance

  Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) are the first to alter boron nitride so that it will bond with other materials, such as those in electronics, to dramatically improve performance, according to a report from the university. details>>

• Army researching new thermal imaging technology to guide soldiers in complete darkness

  Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ATL) in Adelphi, Md. have developed a new thermal imaging camera that recognizes polarization state, not just thermal radiation, and allows soldiers see objects in complete darkness that were previously undetectable. details>>

• New research reveals details about the mechanical properties of polymer nanoparticles

  Researchers from the University of Delaware (Newark, Del.), the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (Mainz, Germany), Princeton (N.J.) University, and the University of Trento (Italy) have revealed details about the surface mobility, glass transition temperature and elastic modulus of polymer nanoparticles. details>>

• Researchers developed thin GaN on SiC high-power and high-frequency electronics

  Researchers from SweGaN AB, Chalmers University of Technology, and Linkoping University, all in Sweden, have developed thinner gallium-nitride (GaN) structures on silicon carbide (SiC), which could lead to high-power and high-frequency, high-electron-mobility transistors (T-HEMT) and other devices. details>>