The Science Newswise — Topological materials are materials that have unusual properties that arise because their wavefunction—the physical law guiding the electrons—is knotted or twisted. Where the topological material meets the…
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Unconventional interface superconductor could benefit quantum computing
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A multi-institutional team of scientists in the United States, led by physicist Peng Wei at the University of California, Riverside, has developed a new superconductor material…
Could we ever harness quantum vacuum energy?
Illustration depicting quantum entanglement between particles. Credit: ATLAS Experiment The fabric of spacetime is roiling with vibrating quantum fields, known as vacuum energy. It’s right there, everywhere we look. But…
How Particles of Light May Be Producing Drops of the Perfect Liquid
Newswise — The world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator may be producing the world’s tiniest droplets of liquid, right under scientists’ noses. Researchers supported by the Department of Energy’s…
Study uncovers condensed-matter dark states in a quantum system with two pairs of sublattices
Image illustrating four-source interference, which is similar to the mechanism of condensed matter dark states Credit: Chung et al Dark states are quantum states in which a system does not…
Researchers develop world’s fastest microscope that can see electrons in motion
Mohammed Hassan, associate professor of physics and optical sciences, let a group of researchers in developing the first transmission electron microscope powerful enough to capture images of electrons in motion.…
Physicists successfully observe Kibble–Zurek scaling in an atomic Fermi superfluid
An atomic cloud of 6Li. The typical diameter of the cloud is 350 um. Credit: Kyuhwan Lee at SNU The sample used by the researchers was an atomic cloud of…
Physicists uncover new phenomena in fractional quantum Hall effects
Transport characteristics of a GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure Hall bar device at T = 25 mK. a The diagonal (Rxx) and off-diagonal Hall (Rxy) resistances are exhibited between 4 ≤ B ≤ 8 Tesla, corresponding to the filling…
