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A design to tune moiré excitons in TMDC superlattices through varying layer degrees of freedom
A design to tune moiré excitons in TMDC superlattices through varying layer degrees of freedom

(a) Schematic of the device. (b) Different moiré resonances for WS2/WSe2 moiré superlattice with different [...]

How Fire Sprinkler Systems Work
How Fire Sprinkler Systems Work

Fire sprinkler systems are triggered by extreme heat and can quickly extinguish a fire in [...]

A Massive Chinese ‘Spy Balloon’ Is Currently Drifting Over The US, Officials Say
A Massive Chinese ‘Spy Balloon’ Is Currently Drifting Over The US, Officials Say

Defense officials announced on Thursday that the United States is monitoring what is believed to [...]

Why Conservationists Are Hopeful About the Manta Ray’s Future
Why Conservationists Are Hopeful About the Manta Ray’s Future

For a reef manta ray like this one swooping in the Indian Ocean near the [...]

Looks and Acts Like a Hummingbird? Could Be a Hummingbird Moth
Looks and Acts Like a Hummingbird? Could Be a Hummingbird Moth

A hummingbird clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe) takes a sip of nectar. Wikimedia Commons (CC By [...]

How Magnets Work
How Magnets Work

Iron filings beautifully show off the opposing fields of the same poles of two bar [...]

Picture of the Week—Iron in the Sun’s Corona
Picture of the Week—Iron in the Sun’s Corona

Feedloader (Clickability) The sun is a big ball of gas, mostly hydrogen. That hydrogen undergoes [...]

Atomically thin ribbons can dramatically improve batteries needed for clean transport, as well as solar power
Atomically thin ribbons can dramatically improve batteries needed for clean transport, as well as solar power

Graphical abstract. Credit: Joule (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2022.09.010 PNRs are ribbon-like strands of the 2D material [...]