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Magnesium becomes a possible superconductor near the 2D limit
Magnesium is a common chemical element, an alkaline earth metal, which is highly chemically reactive and is very light (even lighter than aluminum). Magnesium is abundant in plants and minerals and plays a role in human physiology ...
A quantum superhighway for ultrafast NOON states
Until now, creating quantum superpositions of ultra-cold atoms has been a real headache, too slow to be realistic in the laboratory. Researchers at the University of Liège have now developed an innovative new approach combining ...
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Mar 31, 2025
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Study resolves long-standing debate on low-pressure phase transitions in hafnium oxide
Researchers from the Institute of Solid State Physics, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Southwest Jiaotong University, have combined high-pressure electrical ...
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Mar 31, 2025
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Researchers propose a simple magnetic switch using altermagnets
Controlling magnetism in a device is not easy; unusually large magnetic fields or lots of electricity are needed, which are bulky, slow, expensive and/or waste energy. But that looks soon to change, thanks to the recent discovery ...
Study proposes new mechanism underpinning intrinsic strange metal behavior
Quantum critical points are thresholds that mark the transition of materials between different electronic phases at absolute zero temperatures, around which they often exhibit exotic physical properties.
Thermopower-based technique can detect fractional quantum Hall states
If one side of a conducting or semiconducting material is heated while the other remains cool, charge carriers move from the hot side to the cold side, generating an electrical voltage known as thermopower.
Listening to quantum atoms talk together thanks to acoustics
What happens when a quantum physicist is frustrated by the limitations of quantum mechanics when trying to study densely packed atoms? At EPFL, you get a metamaterial, an engineered material that exhibits exotic properties.
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Mar 25, 2025
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'Half ice, half fire': Physicists discover new phase of matter in a magnetic material
Two scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a new phase of matter while studying a model system of a magnetic material.
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Mar 25, 2025
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Meters closer, miles faster: A novel cryogenic in-memory computing scheme to bridge AI with quantum computing
Scholars at the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have unveiled an innovation that brings artificial intelligence (AI) closer to quantum computing—both physically and technologically.
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Mar 24, 2025
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Patterned spintronic emitter enables room-temperature THz polarization control for wireless and biomedical applications
Terahertz (THz) waves are located between microwaves and infrared light in the electromagnetic spectrum. They can pass through many materials without causing damage, making them useful for security scanning, medical imaging, ...
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Mar 24, 2025
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Looking for elusive quantum particles? Try a bad metal, researchers suggest
Metals, as most know them, are good conductors of electricity. That's because the countless electrons in a metal like gold or silver move more or less freely from one atom to the next, their motion impeded only by occasional ...
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Mar 24, 2025
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Engineers redefine how heat transfers on advanced surfaces
When University of Texas at Dallas researchers tested a new surface that they designed to collect and remove condensates rapidly, the results surprised them. The mechanical engineers' design collected more condensates, or ...
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Mar 24, 2025
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High-precision quantum gates with diamond spin qubits achieve error rate below 0.1%
Researchers at QuTech, in collaboration with Fujitsu and Element Six, have demonstrated a complete set of quantum gates with error probabilities below 0.1%. While many challenges remain, being able to perform basic gate operations ...
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Mar 24, 2025
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Cutting-edge experiments reveal 'hidden' details in transforming material with implications for faster microelectronics
Phase changes are central to the world around us. Probably the most familiar example is when ice melts into water or water boils into steam, but phase changes also underlie heating systems and even digital memory, such as ...
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Mar 21, 2025
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Machine learning uncovers hidden heat transport mechanisms in organic semiconductors
Complex materials such as organic semiconductors or the microporous metal-organic frameworks known as MOFs are already being used for numerous applications such as OLED displays, solar cells, gas storage and water extraction. ...
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Mar 20, 2025
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A possible way to generate electricity using Earth's rotational energy
A trio of physicists from Princeton University, CIT's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Spectral Sensor Solutions, all in the U.S., is proposing the possibility of generating electricity using energy from the rotation of the ...
AI helps design Fe-based amorphous alloys for efficient high-power electronics
Researchers from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have leveraged artificial intelligence (AI) to design a novel series of Fe-based amorphous alloys. These materials ...
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Mar 19, 2025
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Good vibrations: Scientists discover a method for exciting phonon-polaritons
Imagine a world where your phone stays cool no matter how long you use it, and it's also equipped with tiny sensors that can identify dangerous chemicals or pollutants with unparalleled sensitivity and precision.
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Mar 19, 2025
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Quantum heat dynamics toggled by magnetic fields in semimetal ZrTe₅
Scientists know well how conventional materials conduct heat. However, things are not as straightforward under extreme conditions such as temperatures close to absolute zero combined with strong magnetic fields, where strange ...
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Mar 19, 2025
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Thermomajorization theory provides new framework for quantifying mysterious Mpemba effect
The Mpemba effect is an intriguing physical phenomenon that causes some systems to cool faster when they are hot than when they are warm or colder. This effect was observed in various systems, including water, which sometimes ...
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