A team of physicists has uncovered a new state of matter—a breakthrough that offers promise for increasing storage capabilities in electronic devices and enhancing quantum computing.
General Physics
Aug 15, 2019
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New research suggests that it is possible to create a new form of light by binding light to a single electron, combining the properties of both.
General Physics
Aug 5, 2016
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An international team of scientists has discovered a new, exotic form of insulating material with a metallic surface that could enable more efficient electronics or even quantum computing. The researchers developed a new ...
General Physics
Jul 20, 2018
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Originally, Moore’s Law described the number of transistors that can fit on an integrated circuit, which doubles approximately every 18 months. Now, a team of researchers from China has discovered that ...
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated the remarkable ability to perturb pairs of spatially separated yet interconnected quantum entangled particles without altering their shared properties.
Optics & Photonics
Jan 8, 2024
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A topologist is a person who cannot tell the difference between a coffee mug and a donut—so goes a joke about a little-known scientific field crowned Tuesday with a Nobel Physics Prize.
General Physics
Oct 4, 2016
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Constantly losing energy is something we deal with in everything we do. If you stop pedaling a bike, it gradually slows; if you let off the gas, your car also slows. As these vehicles move, they also generate heat from friction. ...
Quantum Physics
Dec 18, 2013
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As mysterious as the Italian scientist for which it is named, the Majorana particle is one of the most compelling quests in physics.
Quantum Physics
Jun 13, 2019
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An exotic physical phenomenon, involving optical waves, synthetic magnetic fields, and time reversal, has been directly observed for the first time, following decades of attempts. The new finding could lead to realizations ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 5, 2019
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For the first time, physicists have observed novel quantum effects in a topological insulator at room temperature. This breakthrough, published as the cover article of the October issue of Nature Materials, came when Princeton ...
General Physics
Oct 26, 2022
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