Unusual Wave-Like Heat Transport in Crystal May Boost Waste Heat-to-Power Conversion

September 14, 2026 9:45 PM

Unusual Wave-Like Heat Transport in Crystal May Boost Waste Heat-to-Power Conversion

Scientists have identified an unusual wave-like heat transport mechanism in a crystalline material that could open new possibilities for converting industrial waste heat into electricity. Researchers from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru, and their collaborators have observed the phenomenon in a copper chalcogenide material called thallium copper selenide (TlCu5Se3). The finding could have applications in thermoelectric energy conversion, particu...

Breakthrough in rare-earth magnetism promises more efficient quantum technologies

November 19, 2025 12:51 PM

Breakthrough in rare-earth magnetism promises more efficient quantum technologies

In a major scientific breakthrough, researchers have discovered a new form of magnetism in a rare-earth compound - an advance that could pave the way for faster, more energy-efficient quantum and spintronic technologies. A team from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) has shown for the first time that single-crystal thin films of neodymium nitride (NdN) exhibit ferromagnetism driven not by electron spin, as seen in conventional magnets, but by the electron’s ...