It's never too cold for quantum
The peculiar characteristics demonstrated by quantum critical points at absolute zero remain one of the great unsolved mysteries of science.
The peculiar characteristics demonstrated by quantum critical points at absolute zero remain one of the great unsolved mysteries of science.
Quantum Physics
Aug 1, 2017
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By precisely measuring the entropy of a cerium copper gold alloy with baffling electronic properties cooled to nearly absolute zero, physicists in Germany and the United States have gleaned new evidence about the possible ...
Quantum Physics
May 12, 2017
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A research group from Bar-Ilan University, in collaboration with French colleagues at CNRS Grenoble, has developed a unique experiment to detect quantum events in ultra-thin films. This novel research, to be published in ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 22, 2017
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Phase transitions surround us—for instance, liquid water changes to ice when frozen and to steam when boiled. Now, researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science have discovered a new phenomenon of so-called metastability ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 23, 2017
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When matter changes from solids to liquids to vapors, the changes are called phase transitions. Among the most interesting types are more exotic changes—quantum phase transitions—where the strange properties of quantum ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 20, 2017
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Water has many unusual properties, such as its solid form, ice, being able to float in liquid water, and they get weirder below its freezing point. Supercooled water—below freezing but still a liquid—is notoriously difficult ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 13, 2016
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The temperature above which a superconductor turns into a normal conductor is called the superconducting transition temperature. Raising it to a point enabling practical applications is a dream in modern science and technology. ...
Superconductivity
May 9, 2016
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Using a highly controlled deposition technique, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have synthesized ultrathin films containing multiple samples of a copper-oxide compound ...
Superconductivity
Apr 5, 2016
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A University of Tokyo research group has demonstrated through computer simulations that the enhancement of fluctuations in a liquid's structure plays an important role as a liquid becomes a solid near the glass-transition ...
Condensed Matter
Jun 23, 2015
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(Phys.org)—Stuart Kauffman, from the University of Calgary, and several of his colleagues have recently published a paper on the Arxiv server titled 'Quantum Criticality at the Origins of Life'. The idea of a quantum criticality, ...