Complex oxide thin films are considered fundamental for next-generation electronics. New research reveals that even the simple growth of such thin films does not follow the assumed layer-by-layer sequence. 

High throughput screening of candidate drug structures to inhibit “druggable” targets in disease seems like a perfect application of artificial intelligence. But does AI perform better than the modeling tools we already have? A research team recently published work that aimed to answer this question.

Researchers used optical and X-ray techniques at the Advanced Photon Source to reveal a previously unknown photoinduced phase transition in materials. Their results reveal a previously unreported mechanism by which light can induce long-lived metastable structural states in double perovskites, with lifetimes extending into the multi-millisecond regime.

In 2019, antimicrobial resistance was responsible for an estimated 5 million deaths, and about 30% of these were due to two pathogens, Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) and Acinetobacter baumannii (Ab). Recent research advanced work on identifying and optimizing new antibiotics to treat Kp and Ab infections.

Nickel-based superalloys, which remain strong and corrosion-resistant at high temperatures, are popular for making aerospace components such as turbine engines. New research has shown how in-situ X-ray diffraction can explain thermomechanical behaviors in such alloys during laser processing.