Scientists have twisted DNA into programmable nanostructures that form themselves — and could reshape future materials for light, sound, and electronics.

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Scientists have observed a brand-new and exotic atomic nucleus: aluminium-20. Unlike anything seen before, it decays through ...

Solar cells and computer chips need silicon layers that are as perfect as possible. Every imperfection in the crystalline structure increases the risk of reduced efficiency or defective switching ...

III-V semiconductor lasers can be monolithically integrated with photonic chips by directly growing a crystalline layer of ...

Lasers that are fabricated directly onto silicon photonic chips offer several advantages over external laser sources, such as ...

Defects in insulators can have a highly detrimental impact on the performance of semiconductor devices. The study of defect formation in these amorphous insulating materials is a computationally ...

Monolithically integrated lasers on silicon photonics enable scalable, foundry-compatible production for data communications applications. However, material mismatches in heteroepitaxial systems and ...