Credit: Huanyu Cheng. Graphene, hexagonally arranged carbon atoms in a single layer with superior pliability and high conductivity, could advance flexible electronics according to a new study. Professor Huanyu “Larry” Cheng heads an international collaboration, which recently published two studies that could inform research and development of future motion detection,

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Credit: Public Domain CC0. Most Americans take safe, clean drinking water for granted, not realizing that what’s flowing from their faucets likely contains myriad potentially harmful chemicals. A recent study by the non-profit Environmental Working Group revealed that most of us regularly consume water polluted by chemical compounds that could

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A spin qubit in a 2D material on a gold film. Credit: Zhujing Xu and Tongcang Li. As recently as 2019, spin defects known as qubits were discovered in 2D materials (hexagonal boron nitride), which could amplify the field of ultrathin quantum sensing. These scientists hit a snag in their

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