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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 ...

Condensed Matter Jul 24, 2023

Magnetic Quincke rollers: Forces and torques of magnetism that guide complex dynamics of active particles

Quincke rotation is defined as the spontaneous steady rotation of a dielectric particle immersed in a dielectric solvent under a steady and uniform electric field. Electro-hydrodynamically driven active particles based on ...

Superconductivity Jul 10, 2023

Physicists demonstrate sign reversal of the Josephson diode effect

Physicists at the University of Regensburg (UR) led by the research groups of Professor Dr. Christoph Strunk / Dr. Nicola Paradiso and Professor Dr. Jaroslav Fabian made an exciting discovery: In their publication just published ...

Astronomy Jul 7, 2023

Research group unveils properties of cosmic-ray sulfur and the composition of other primary cosmic rays

Charged cosmic rays, high-energy clusters of particles moving through space, were first described in 1912 by physicist Victor Hess. Since their discovery, they have been the topic of numerous astrophysics studies aimed at ...

Earth Sciences Jul 5, 2023

New measurement of Yellowstone magma reservoir suggests upper part is 28% melted rock

A small team of geologists and seismologists from the University of Utah, Salt Lake, the Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei and the University of New Mexico has studied the content of the Yellowstone magma ...

Analytical Chemistry Jun 27, 2023

Team constructs highly active covalent organic framework from benzimidazole monomer in solvothermal pathway

Hydrogen (H2) is a clean carbon-free fuel with high gravimetric energy density and emerges as an attractive alternative to the unrenewable fossil resource. Photocatalytic water splitting over a semiconductor provides a promising ...

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