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Twistronics-Spintronics Combination Could Lead to Promising Memory and Spin-Logic Devices

Twistronics is not your typical dance move, exercise gadget, or passing music trend. Its coolness factor surpasses all of those. Instead, it represents a captivating advancement in quantum physics and material science, involving the stacking of van der Waals materials in layered structures akin to sheets of paper in a ream.

30 Jun 2023

UK Space Agency Welcomes Reserve Astronaut Meganne Christian

European Space Agency (ESA) reserve astronaut, Meganne Christian, has joined the UK Space Agency in a new role that will support the thriving UK space sector.

30 Jun 2023

The Most Convincing Proof Yet for Low-Frequency Gravitational Waves

The strongest proof yet for low-frequency gravitational waves has been discovered by astronomers using information gathered by CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope, Murriyang.

29 Jun 2023

Latest Advance in a Topological Insulator Material Could Revolutionize Electronics, Quantum Computing

An advance in a topological insulator material — whose interior behaves like an electrical insulator but whose surface behaves like a conductor — could revolutionize the fields of next-generation electronics and quantum computing, according to scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

29 Jun 2023

New Approach to Directly Visualize Quantum States in Two-Dimensional Materials

When some semiconductors absorb light, excitons (or particle pairs made of an electron bound to an electron hole) can form

29 Jun 2023

Using “Atomic Breathing” to Encode and Transmit Quantum Information

University of Washington researchers have discovered they can detect atomic "breathing," or the mechanical vibration between two layers of atoms, by observing the type of light those atoms emitted when stimulated by a laser.

29 Jun 2023

Supercomputers Used to Calculate How Heavy Quarks Interact With Quark-Gluon Plasma

Using some of the world's most powerful supercomputers, a group of theorists has produced a major advance in the field of nuclear physics—a calculation of the "heavy quark diffusion coefficient."

29 Jun 2023

Gaining Better Insights into the Nature and Potential Interactions of Dark Matter

Is it possible for dark matter to interact with photons and impact the atomic structure? A case for optical atomic clocks: Two different kinds of such clocks were made at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) inside the scope of the Collaborative Research Center DQ-mat and the Cluster of Excellence QuantumFrontiers.

26 Jun 2023

CityU Physicist Develops a Novel Quantum Theory of Light-Induced Matter, Opening the Door to Cutting-Edge Optical Technologies

A team led by a physicist from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) recently developed a new quantum theory that explains the “light-induced phase” of matter and predicts its novel functionalities.

26 Jun 2023

Analyzing X-Ray Polarization Proof for a 200-Year-Old Flare of Sgr A

An international research group has found that Sagittarius A (Sgr A), known to be the supermassive black hole present at the center of the Milky Way, arose from a long period of dormancy about 20 decades ago.

22 Jun 2023