Pendulum experiment reveals insights into topological materials

Chaviva Sirote-Katz checking the system. Credit: Tel Aviv University A recent study conducted at Tel Aviv University has devised a large mechanical system that operates under dynamical rules akin to…

Exploring the surface properties of NiO with low-energy electron diffraction

Researchers carry out surface LEED crystallography of antiferromagnetic crystal NiO, providing experimental as well as theoretical insights for applications such as ultrafast spintronics. Credit: Masamitsu Hoshino and Hiroshi Tanaka/Sophia University…

Optically trapped quantum droplets of light can bind together to form macroscopic complexes

Scientists propose new scheme for the quantum battery using waveguides

A lossless and coherent energy exchange between the separated quantum battery and quantum charger is mediated by the electromagnetic field. It permits the realization of a remote-charging and anti-aging quantum…

Weird electron behavior gets even weirder: Charge fractionalization observed spectroscopically

Photons that make quantum bits ‘fly’ for stable exchange of information in quantum computers

New method measures the 3D position of individual atoms

Scientists reveal role of neighboring adsorbates and quantum tunneling in surface diffusion of hydrogen atoms

Quantum tunneling of hydrogen on graphene surface (left) and comparison of diffusion coefficients in classical and quantum processes (right). Credit: Yang Yong A research group led by Prof. Yang Yong…

Multiparticle nanostructures for building better quantum technologies

The illustration shows a red laser beam exciting plasmonic waves on the surface of a metallic (gold) nanostructure. These are then scattered by the slit to produce multiparticle systems with…

Evidence of phonon chirality from impurity scattering in the antiferromagnetic insulator strontium iridium oxide