Researchers at the University of Tokyo have demonstrated that the direction of the spin-polarized current can be restricted ...

Researchers have demonstrated that the direction of the spin-polarized current can be restricted to only one direction in a single-atom layer of a thallium-lead alloys when irradiated at room ...

When sodium is cut or scratched, its freshly exposed shiny surface rapidly turns dull as a thin layer of sodium oxide ... corrosionThe destruction of a metal by oxidation or chemical action ...

This is because when the iron is heated, oxidation takes place. The iron oxide is no longer a pure metal, it is a dull, dark-coloured, metal compound. When you burn magnesium in the air in the ...