Key steps towards the realization of a high-precision optical clock based on Ni¹²⁺
Schematic of the components involved in the paper. Precise calculations allow to estimate the transition frequency with unprecedented…
Magnetic imaging under high pressure with a spin-based quantum sensor integrated in a van der Waals heterostructure
Principle of the experiment We start by studying how the optical and spin properties of \({{{\rm{V}}}}_{{{\rm{B}}}}^{-}\) centers in…
Metal bends the rules by combining electrical conductivity with optical frequency-doubling properties
Mg₃Cl₇, synthesized in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell under high pressure and temperature, was identified as a polar…
The effect of non-stoichiometry in Sb2Se3 films on their phonon and electronic properties in the infrared range
First principle calculations of electron and phonon properties of SbxSey films The calculated dielectric permittivities ε∞ (electronic contribution)…
What Lies Within? New Image From a Mysterious Galaxy Asks Big Questions
A new image of galaxy OJ 287 reveals for the first time the sharply curved, ribbon-like structure of…
Astronomers determine new origins of double-peaked emission lines in galactic centers
Simulating the full band light emitted by a binary supermassive black hole system in a transparent medium, observed…
Physicists solve mystery of loop current switching in kagome metals
Permanent nanoscale loop electrical currents in kagome metals. Credit: Kano Okada, Nagoya University Quantum metals are metals where…
Lightning strikes 12 times per minute on fusion engineering test platform
Century is Zap Energy’s fusion engineering test platform. Credit: Zap Energy Zap Energy has advanced its Century fusion…
Nanoscale slots enable room-temperature hybrid states of matter in perovskite
The perovskite–nanoslot hybrid system in the ultrastrong coupling regime. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63810-7 Atoms in crystalline…
Signal Hidden in a Gamma-Ray Burst Could Be a Strange Newborn’s First Heartbeat : ScienceAlert
Astronomers may have recorded the violent birth of one of the weirdest objects our Universe is capable of…
Spatiotemporal dynamics of moiré excitons in van der Waals heterostructures
Microscopic model We study the spatiotemporal moiré exciton dynamics in a twisted TMD heterostructure in the low excitation…
Absence of orbital current torque in Ta/ferromagnet bilayers
Liu, L. et al. Spin-torque switching with the giant spin Hall effect of tantalum. Science 336, 555 (2012).…