Almost exactly 200 years ago, French physicist Sadi Carnot determined the maximum efficiency of heat engines. The Carnot ...

According to a study published in Science Advances, researchers from Madrid explain why the angular profile of light emission depends on the step’s orientation: in cavities as small as those between ...

For two centuries, students have learned that heat flows and engines work according to rigid limits that no machine can beat.

A joint research team from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory has achieved precise control and real-time observation of ...

Laser machining, as one of the most significant micro/nano-manufacturing technologies, shows the capability of achieving ultimate accuracy, feature size and surface integrity at atomic scale. This has ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? The concept of aperiodic geometry has existed for at least 1,000 years from Islamic ...

A new technical paper titled “In Situ Atomic-Scale Investigation of Electromigration Behavior in Cu–Cu Joints at High Current Density” was published by researchers at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung ...

Researchers have developed a new microscope that can visualize the optical response of surfaces at an unprecedented spatial resolution of one nanometer. This paves the way for optical microscopy of ...