Signals can be amplified by an optimum amount of noise, but this so-called stochastic resonance is a fragile phenomenon. Experimental research shows that stochastic resonance becomes robust to variations in the signal frequency when systems have memory. This has implications in many fields of physics and energy technology.

Researchers have demonstrated a technique that could enable the production of robust, high-performance membranes to harness an abundant source of renewable energy.

Researchers have gained new insight into the workings of perovskites, a semiconductor material that shows great promise for making high-efficiency, low-cost solar cells and a range of other optical and electronic devices.

Scientists detail the complex physical processes at work to understand the chemistry of ice formation. The molecular-level perspective of this process may help in predicting the formation and melting of ice, from individual crystals to glaciers and ice sheets.

Using the circular vibration of surface acoustic waves, researchers have successfully controlled the magnetization of a ferromagnetic thin film.

A class of insulating materials is predicted to hold promise for highly efficient solar cells.

Researchers are playing with shape-engineered nanoscale building blocks that are up to 100-times larger than atoms and ions. And although these nano 'Lego bricks' interact with each other with forces vastly different and much weaker than those holding atoms and ions together, they form crystals all by themselves, the structures of which resemble the ones of natural minerals.