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Neutron scattering uncovers spiral magnetic structure in layered perovskites
Multiferroic materials, in which electric and magnetic properties are combined in promising ways, will be the heart of new solutions for data storage, data transmission, and quantum computers. Meanwhile, understanding the ...
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Feb 6, 2025
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New AI hardware on the horizon thanks to electrically programmable spintronic device
AI transformational impact is well under way. But as AI technologies develop, so too does their power consumption. Further advancements will require AI chips that can process AI calculations with high energy efficiency. This ...
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Feb 6, 2025
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Advance in opto-magnetic technology leads to five-fold increase in torque efficiency
Researchers at Tohoku University have achieved a significant advancement in opto-magnetic technology, observing an opto-magnetic torque approximately five times more efficient than in conventional magnets. This breakthrough, ...
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Feb 6, 2025
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Researchers observe a phase transition in a 1D chain of atoms using a quantum simulator
Phase transitions, shifts between different states of matter, are widely explored physical phenomena. So far, these transitions have primarily been studied in three-dimensional (3D) and two-dimensional (2D) systems, yet theories ...

Unlocking graphite's potential: Sliding layers for advanced material properties
Can copper be turned into gold? For centuries, alchemists pursued this dream, unaware that such a transformation requires a nuclear reaction. In contrast, graphite—the material found in pencil tips—and diamond are both ...
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Feb 5, 2025
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Researchers uncover 1D-like spin behavior in a triangular molecular lattice, challenging traditional views
Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) are fascinating and mysterious states of matter that have intrigued scientists for decades. First proposed by Nobel laureate Philip Anderson in the 1970s, these materials break the conventional ...
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Feb 5, 2025
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Surface roughness disrupts glass transition in colloidal ellipsoids, offering a new material design parameter
The so-called glass transition is the process by which some liquid-like materials become solid-like, without forming a crystalline structure. In contrast to conventional solid materials, which exhibit an orderly atom arrangement, ...

Certain animal navigation abilities found to operate at or near quantum limit of magnetic field detection
A pair of physicists at the University of Crete has found that some types of biological magnetoreceptors used by various creatures to navigate, operate at or near the quantum limit. In their paper published in the journal ...

Novel processor uses magnons to crack complex problems
An international team of researchers, led by physicists from the University of Vienna, has achieved a breakthrough in data processing by employing an "inverse-design" approach. This method allows algorithms to configure a ...
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Feb 4, 2025
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Metal alloy shows practically no thermal expansion over extremely large temperature interval
Most metals expand when their temperature rises. The Eiffel Tower, for example, is about 10 to 15 centimeters taller in summer than in winter due to its thermal expansion. However, this effect is extremely undesirable for ...
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Feb 3, 2025
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Study demonstrates phase-tunable spin-wave-mediated mutual synchronization of spin Hall nano-oscillators
Spin Hall nano-oscillators (SHNOs) are nanoscale spintronic devices that convert direct current into high-frequency microwave signals through spin wave auto-oscillations. This is a type of nonlinear magnetization oscillations ...

Physicists decipher structure of antimony melt, explain nature of observed structural anomalies
Antimony is widely used in the production of materials for electronics, as well as metal alloys resistant to corrosion and high temperatures.
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Jan 31, 2025
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Rethinking Carnot: Scientists overcome traditional power-efficiency trade-off
Challenging centuries-old assumptions about thermodynamics, a new study published in Physical Review Letters has shown that it is theoretically possible to design a heat engine that achieves maximum power output while approaching ...

Multiferroic material can function up to 160°C, opening doors for advanced spintronics
While most multiferroics can't operate above room temperature, a team of researchers at Tohoku University demonstrated that terbium oxide Tb2(MoO4)3 works as a multiferroic even at 160°C.
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Jan 31, 2025
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Simulation aligns skyrmion dynamics with real-time experiments
Skyrmions are nanometer- to micrometer-sized magnetic whirls that exhibit particle-like properties and can be moved efficiently by electrical currents. These properties make skyrmions an excellent system for new types of ...
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Jan 30, 2025
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A spintronic view of chiral molecules: Physicists verify chiral-induced spin selectivity effect
The role of electrons and their negative charge in electric current is well established. Electrons also exhibit other intrinsic properties that are associated, for example, with considerable potential for enhancing data storage ...
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Jan 30, 2025
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Ultrafast imaging advance tracks dark excitons precisely in time and space
How can the latest technology, such as solar cells, be improved? An international research team led by the University of Göttingen is helping to find answers to questions like this with a new technique. For the first time, ...
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Jan 29, 2025
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Using phononic bandgap materials to suppress decoherence in quantum computers
Quantum computers have the potential of outperforming classical computers on some optimization and computational tasks. Compared to classical systems, however, quantum systems are more prone to errors, as they are more sensitive ...

Materials can remember a sequence of events in an unexpected way
Many materials store information about what has happened to them in a sort of material memory, like wrinkles on a once crumpled piece of paper. Now, a team led by Penn State physicists has uncovered how, under specific conditions, ...
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Jan 29, 2025
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Superionic compound with liquid-like dynamics shows promise as solid-state battery electrolyte
Superionic materials are a class of materials that simultaneously present properties that are characteristic of solids and liquids. Essentially, a set of ions in these materials exhibits liquid-like mobility, even if the ...
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