Making a superconductor liquid–solid out of the vacuum with hundred-exatesla-strong magnetic fields
The discovery of superconductivity more than a century ago has significantly changed our world.
The discovery of superconductivity more than a century ago has significantly changed our world.
A team at HZB has developed a new measurement method that, for the first time, accurately detects tiny temperature differences in the range of 100 microKelvin in the thermal Hall effect. Previously, these temperature differences ...
Condensed Matter
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The powerful gravity fields of black holes can devour whole planets' worth of matter—often so violently that they expel streams of particles traveling near the speed of light in formations known as jets. Scientists understand ...
Astronomy
Jan 17, 2024
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Researchers at the University of Basel have built a quantum memory element based on atoms in a tiny glass cell. In the future, such quantum memories could be mass-produced on a wafer.
Quantum Physics
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A discovery from an experiment with magnets and lasers could be a boon to energy-efficient data storage.
Condensed Matter
Jan 16, 2024
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A research team has demonstrated that the transverse thermoelectric conversion (i.e., energy conversion between charge and heat currents that flow orthogonally to each other) can be greatly enhanced by applying magnetic fields ...
Materials Science
Jan 16, 2024
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Princeton physicists have discovered an abrupt change in quantum behavior while experimenting with a three-atom-thin insulator that can be easily switched into a superconductor.
Superconductivity
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In an experiment that could help the development of new spintronics devices with low energy consumption, researchers from RIKEN and collaborators have used heat and magnetic fields to create transformations between spin textures—magnetic ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 12, 2024
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Controlling the direction of magnetization using low electric field is necessary for developing efficient spintronic devices. In spintronics, properties of an electron's spin or magnetic moment are used to store information. ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 11, 2024
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A team of astronomers including those from the University of Tokyo have created the first-ever map of magnetic field structures within a spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy. Previous studies on galactic magnetic fields only ...
Astronomy
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