Which problems will quantum computers actually solve, and when?
Imagine designing a better battery, discovering a new medicine, or developing a material that can withstand extreme temperatures.…
Spin currents in polariton waveguides driven by bright and dark excitons
Mak, K. F., Lee, C., Hone, J., Shan, J. & Heinz, T. F. Atomically thin MoS2: a new…
Topological control of polaritonic flatbands in anisotropic van der Waals metasurfaces
Anisotropy lifts mode degeneracy We first study a dielectric metasurface composed of square nanoresonators with side length w0,…
Altermagnetic signatures and topological textures in ultrathin multiferroic BiFeO3
Park, J. H. et al. Magnetic properties at surface boundary of a half-metallic ferromagnet La0.7Sr0.3MnO3. Phys. Rev. Lett.…
UPenn engineers created a flexible, durable insulator out of mylar to protect future lunar habitats
Thin stacks of Mylar combined strong vacuum insulation with resistance to repeated compression in laboratory tests.Alumina coatings and…
KRICT Develops Conversational AI for Self-Driving Labs
Newswise — Korean researchers have developed an AI technology for self-driving laboratories (SDLs) that incorporates researchers’ experience and…
Bridging microwaves and light | Nature Materials
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Scientists Discover a Strange New Quantum State Where Two Materials Meet
Artistic illustration of electrons interacting at the interface between a one-atom-thick material and a metal, forming an unusual…
Scientists Uncover Two Hidden Forms of Disorder in Next-Generation Semiconductors
In a twisted MoSe2/WSe2 moiré heterostructure, photoluminescence varies from point to point as excitons respond to both smooth…
Atomic-scale visualization of three-dimensional magnetization vectors with competing spin Hamiltonian interactions
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Magnetic control of an exciton–polariton condensate in a van der Waals magnet
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A Strange New Material Breaks the Usual Rules of Heat and Stiffness
Illustration of a layered hybrid perovskite film engineered to combine extreme stiffness with exceptionally low heat transfer. Credit:…