Though a year has passed since the discovery of a new family of high-temperature superconductors, a viable explanation for the iron-based materials' unusual properties remains elusive. But a team of ...

Scientists have observed magnetic properties typically associated with those observed in rare-earth elements in iron. These properties are observed in a new iron based compound that does not contain ...

Nanoparticle research has progressed leaps and bounds mainly due to the unexpected properties exhibited by basic elements when their atomic and molecular properties are altered. Nanoparticles have ...

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Research in the field of nanoparticles has yielded a number of novel solutions in ceramics, cosmetics, biomedicine and electronics. Nanoparticles exhibit unexpected behavior when the atomic and ...

Auto engine designers are turning to a long neglected version of iron that can handle the much higher internal pressures of modern diesel engines. Compacted graphite iron has a molecular structure ...