Search results for condensed matter physics

Superconductivity Sep 16, 2024

Research team uses terahertz pulses of light to shed light on superconducting disorder

A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) in Hamburg, Germany, and Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States has demonstrated a new way to study disorder ...

Quantum Physics Sep 13, 2024

Energy transmission in quantum field theory requires information: Research finds surprisingly simple relationship

An international team of researchers has found a surprisingly simple relationship between the rates of energy and information transmission across an interface connecting two quantum field theories. Their work was published ...

Optics & Photonics Sep 10, 2024

Scientists demonstrate first experimental evidence of non-Hermitian edge burst in photonic quantum walks

In a new Physical Review Letters study, scientists have demonstrated the first experimental observation of non-Hermitian edge burst in quantum dynamics using a carefully designed photonic quantum walk setup.

Condensed Matter Sep 5, 2024

Physicists capture first thickness-dependent transitions in two-dimensional magnetic material

A team of physicists from The University of Hong Kong (HKU), Texas Tech University (TTH), and the University of Michigan (UMich), has made an important discovery in the study of van der Waals (vdW) magnetic materials, a special ...

Quantum Physics Sep 4, 2024

Quantum error correction research reveals fundamental insights into quantum systems

As scientists and researchers increasingly look to quantum computing to aid in complex problem-solving and advance our understanding of the universe—quantum error correction has become a critical area of scientific inquiry.

General Physics Sep 4, 2024

Bridging quantum mechanics and cosmology: The role of the generalized uncertainty principle

In a continuous pursuit to understand the fundamental laws that govern the universe, researchers have ventured deep into the realms of string theory, loop quantum gravity, and quantum geometry. These advanced theoretical ...

General Physics Aug 28, 2024

Unveiling a novel sample configuration for ultrahigh pressure equation of state calibrations

In a paper published recently in the Journal of Applied Physics, an international team of scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Argonne National Laboratory and Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron have ...

Astronomy Aug 27, 2024

Dark matter could have helped make supermassive black holes in the early universe

It takes a long time for supermassive black holes, like the one at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, to form. Typically, the birth of a black hole requires a giant star with the mass of at least 50 of our suns to burn out—a ...

Condensed Matter Aug 27, 2024

Physicists predict existence of new exciton type

Bruno Uchoa, a professor of condensed matter physics, and Hong-yi Xie, a postdoctoral fellow in condensed matter physics at the University of Oklahoma, have published research in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Nanophysics Aug 22, 2024

World's first micromachine twists 2D materials at will

Just a few years ago, researchers discovered that changing the angle between two layers of graphene, an atom-thick sheet of carbon, also changed the material's electronic and optical properties. They then learned that a "twist" ...

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