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Twisting light: Novel metasurface offers compact solution for circularly polarized light
Left and right circularly polarized light, where the electromagnetic waves spiral in a clockwise and counterclockwise manner as they travel, plays a crucial role in a wide range of applications, from enhancing medical imaging ...
Optics & Photonics
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Redefining the second: Optical atomic clock achieves record accuracy in comparison measurement
The next generation of atomic clocks "ticks" with the frequency of a laser. This is about 100,000 times faster than the microwave frequencies of the cesium clocks which are generating the second at present. These optical ...
Optics & Photonics
18 hours ago
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Peeling back the layers: Exploring capping effects on nickelate superconductivity
So-called "infinite-layer" nickelate materials, characterized by their unique crystal and electronic structures, exhibit significant potential as high-temperature superconductors. Studying these materials remains challenging ...
Condensed Matter
18 hours ago
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Metastable marvel: X-rays illuminate an exotic material transformation
A dry material makes a great fire starter, and a soft material lends itself to a sweater. Batteries require materials that can store lots of energy, and microchips need components that can turn the flow of electricity on ...
Condensed Matter
19 hours ago
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Relativistic spin-orbit coupling may lead to unconventional superconductivity type
Observing the effects of special relativity doesn't necessarily require objects moving at a significant fraction of the speed of light. In fact, length contraction in special relativity explains how electromagnets work. A ...
Anomalous Hall torque: 'Brand new physics' for next-generation spintronics
Our data-driven world demands more—more capacity, more efficiency, more computing power. To meet society's insatiable need for electronic speed, physicists have been pushing the burgeoning field of spintronics.
Condensed Matter
Jan 16, 2025
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Tuning magnetism with voltage opens a new path to spintronic neuromorphic circuits
A team of researchers has discovered a new way to control the magnetic behavior of quantum materials using applied voltages. Specifically, the material lanthanum strontium manganite (LSMO), which is magnetic and metallic ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 16, 2025
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Quantum engineers 'squeeze' laser frequency combs to make more sensitive gas sensors
For the first time ever, scientists have used a technique called "quantum squeezing" to improve the gas sensing performance of devices known as optical frequency comb lasers. These ultra-precise sensors are like fingerprint ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 16, 2025
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First-ever simulation of chaotic sound wave propagation confirms acoustic turbulence theory
Researchers have pioneered the use of parallel computing on graphics cards to simulate acoustic turbulence. This type of simulation, which previously required a supercomputer, can now be performed on a standard personal computer. ...
General Physics
Jan 16, 2025
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Simplicity and scalability: A new economical way to create compact lenses
Paper-thin optical lenses simple enough to mass produce like microchips could enable a new generation of compact optical devices. A team with researchers at the University of Tokyo and JSR Corp. fabricated and tested flat ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 16, 2025
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Fruit fly development offers insights into condensed matter physics
During the last century, biologists have extensively studied Drosophila melanogaster, the common household fruit fly. It's become one of the most popular model organisms, but not because scientists have been determined to ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 16, 2025
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Touschek and Gatto: Exploring a friendship that would shape fundamental physics
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) made its groundbreaking discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, but its ancestry can be traced back more than 60 years to the first electron-positron collision experiment in Italy. Named Anello ...
General Physics
Jan 16, 2025
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Chinese researchers discover novel quantum state of matter
Chinese researchers observed a novel quantum state of matter, counterflow superfluidity, in atomic ultracold quantum simulation experiments, the University of Science and Technology of China announced on Thursday.
Condensed Matter
Jan 16, 2025
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Researchers propose new physical model for predicting hardness of materials
Skoltech researchers have presented a new simple physical model for predicting the hardness of materials based on information about the shear modulus and equations of the state of crystal structures. The model is useful for ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 16, 2025
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Scientists achieve direct experimental realization of dual-type entangling gates
To develop scalable and reliable quantum computers, engineers and physicists will need to devise effective strategies to mitigate errors in their quantum systems without adding complex additional components. A promising strategy ...
'Magic-wavelength optical tweezers' achieve quantum entanglement of molecules
Researchers at Durham University have successfully demonstrated long-lasting quantum entanglement between molecules, opening new doors for future advancements in quantum computing, sensing, and fundamental physics. The paper ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 15, 2025
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Fresh, direct evidence for tiny drops of quark-gluon plasma
A new analysis of data from the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) reveals fresh evidence that collisions of even very small nuclei with large ones might create tiny specks of a quark-gluon plasma ...
General Physics
Jan 15, 2025
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Researchers create world's brightest X-ray source with high-power laser beam and novel metal foams
By combining the National Ignition Facility (NIF) laser and ultra-light metal foams, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have produced the brightest X-ray source to date—about twice as bright as ...
Plasma Physics
Jan 15, 2025
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Record-breaking Rf-252: Researchers produce shortest-lived superheavy nucleus and measure its subsequent decay
A team of researchers from GSI/FAIR, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz has succeeded in exploring the limits of the so-called island of stability within the superheavy nuclides more precisely ...
General Physics
Jan 15, 2025
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Scientists achieve multilevel magnetoresistance modulation in organic spintronic devices
A research team has achieved multilevel spin-based modulation of magnetoresistance in high-performance organic spin valve (OSV) devices. The study was published in Advanced Materials.
Condensed Matter
Jan 15, 2025
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