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Nanophysics Sep 25, 2023

Scientists develop nanomaterials using a bottom-up approach

Scientists from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, both Germany, have successfully developed nanomaterials using a so-called bottom-up approach. As reported in ...

Condensed Matter Sep 16, 2023

Generating biskyrmions in a rare earth magnet

Magnetic skyrmions have received much attention as promising, topologically protected quasiparticles with applications in spintronics. Skyrmions are small, swirling topological magnetic excitations with particle-like properties. ...

Astronomy Sep 15, 2023

Researchers: If neutron stars have mountains, they should generate gravitational waves

A neutron star is 2 solar masses compressed into a ball only 12 kilometers wide. Its surface gravity is so immense it compresses atoms and molecules into raw nuclei and squeezes electrons into protons transforming them into ...

Optics & Photonics Sep 14, 2023

A nonrelativistic and nonmagnetic mechanism for generating terahertz waves

Scientists and engineers keep developing ever faster and more powerful technological devices. But there is a need for even faster and more efficient electronics. A promising route is to take advantage of terahertz waves, ...

Astronomy Sep 13, 2023

Matter found to comprise 31% of the total amount of matter and energy in the universe

One of the most interesting and important questions in cosmology is, "How much matter exists in the universe?" An international team, including scientists at Chiba University, has now succeeded in measuring the total amount ...

Condensed Matter Sep 4, 2023

AI algorithm learns microscopic details of nematicity in moiré systems

Identifying and understanding experimental signatures of phases of matter is usually a challenging task due to strong electron interactions in a material and can become even harder due to external influences in samples with ...

Optics & Photonics Aug 28, 2023

A new route for universal polarization transformations of spatially varying polarization fields

Polarization describes the orientation of oscillations in a light wave, and it plays an essential role in various optical applications—from enhancing visibility in sunglasses and camera lenses to facilitating advanced optical ...

Condensed Matter Aug 28, 2023

Spintronics: X-ray microscopy unravels the nature of domain walls

A new study at BESSY II analyzes the formation of skyrmions in ferrimagnetic thin films of dysprosium and cobalt in real time and with high spatial resolution. This is an important step towards characterizing suitable materials ...

General Physics Aug 11, 2023

Femtosecond laser technique births 'dancing microrobots': A breakthrough in multi-material microfabrication

A research team led by Prof. Wu Dong from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed a femtosecond laser 2-in-1 writing multi-material processing strategy to ...

Earth Sciences Jul 24, 2023

New diagnostic framework offers insights into ocean eddy transport in Southern Ocean

Scientists from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new diagnostic framework to better understand and analyze the intricate isoneutral oceanic mesoscale eddy transport ...

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