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Condensed Matter Jun 20, 2024

An alternative way to manipulate quantum states

Researchers at ETH Zurich have shown that quantum states of single electron spins can be controlled by currents of electrons whose spins are evenly aligned. In the future, this method could be used in electronic circuit elements.

Planetary Sciences Jun 17, 2024

Study of meteorite 'Northwest Africa 14250' reveals composition of the early solar system

A multi-institutional team of planetary scientists has learned more about the early composition of the solar system by studying a meteorite named Northwest Africa 14250. In their study, published in the journal Science Advances, ...

Condensed Matter May 9, 2024

Alternating triangular charge density wave domains observed within a layered superconducting compound

A research team consisting of NIMS and the Tokyo University of Science observed charge density waves (CDWs) within niobium diselenide (NbSe2)—a layered compound—at cryogenic temperatures and discovered that they form ...

Optics & Photonics May 8, 2024

Physicists reach atomic-scale telegraphy with light

In the 1880s Heinrich Hertz discovered that a spark jumping between two pieces of metal emits a flash of light—rapidly oscillating electromagnetic waves—which can be picked up by an antenna. To honor his groundbreaking ...

Condensed Matter Apr 29, 2024

When does a conductor not conduct? Switching a 2D metal-organic framework from an insulator to a metal

An Australian-led study has found unusual insulating behavior in a new atomically-thin material—and the ability to switch it on and off.

Condensed Matter Apr 10, 2024

Physicists discover a novel quantum state in an elemental solid

Physicists have observed a novel quantum effect termed "hybrid topology" in a crystalline material. This finding opens up a new range of possibilities for the development of efficient materials and technologies for next-generation ...

Condensed Matter Apr 10, 2024

Quantum crystal of frozen electrons—the Wigner crystal—is visualized for the first time

Electrons—the infinitesimally small particles that are known to zip around atoms—continue to amaze scientists despite the more than a century that scientists have studied them. Now, physicists at Princeton University ...

Condensed Matter Apr 9, 2024

New technique lets scientists create resistance-free electron channels

An international research team led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has taken the first atomic-resolution images and demonstrated electrical control of a chiral interface state—an exotic quantum phenomenon ...

Analytical Chemistry Mar 26, 2024

Researchers observe salt dissolution at the atomic level

A research team, affiliated with UNIST has achieved a groundbreaking feat by observing the dissolution of salt in water at the atomic level and experimentally uncovering the underlying principle.

Optics & Photonics Mar 14, 2024

Quantum dance to the beat of a drum: Researchers observe how energy of single electron is tuned by surrounding atoms

Physicists at the University of Regensburg have choreographed the shift of a quantized electronic energy level with atomic oscillations faster than a trillionth of a second.

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