Journal: Chemical Communications Published: 2024-05-23 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc01377h Affiliations: 1 Authors: 6 Go to article Institutions Authors Share Chongqing University (CQU), China 6.000000 1.00 ...

Why do cold thin sheets of carbon offer no resistance to electric currents? Two experiments are bringing us closer to an answer – and maybe even to practical room-temperature superconductors ...

So why not just use a thin sheet of reflective material? You could just roll it up and put it in your launch vehicle. We could, for example, easily launch a 40-meter roll of aluminum foil into space.

It’s not the first time someone has claimed to have created goldene, notes Nature. But previous attempts have involved creating the ultra-thin sheets sandwiched between other materials, and the ...