The research published in Nature Communications set out to answer a simple question – how do nanoparticles melt? Although this question has been a focus of researchers for the past century, it still is an open problem – initial theoretical models describing melting date from around 100 years, and even the most relevant models being some 50…
Pioneering 3D Printed Device Sets New Record for Efficiency
A new 3-D printed thermoelectric device, which converts heat into electric power with an efficiency factor over 50% higher than the previous best for printed materials – and is cheap to produce in bulk – has been manufactured by researchers at Swansea University’s SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre. Around one-sixth of all the energy used…
New Antimatter Breakthrough To Help Illuminate Mysteries Of The Big Bang
Swansea University scientists working at CERN have made a landmark finding, taking them one step closer to answering the question of why matter exists and illuminating the mysteries of the Big Bang and the birth of the Universe. In their paper published in Nature the physicists from the University’s College of Science, working with an international collaborative…