Quantum spin study reveals a previously unknown state of matter
At temperatures approaching absolute zero, most magnetic materials settle into tidy patterns. Their tiny magnetic moments, or spins,…
The 19th-century mathematical clue that led to quantum mechanics
Yet Hamilton’s reputation during his lifetime was built on work he completed much earlier. In the 1820s and…
Looking for Supermassive Black Hole Binaries with a Flash of Starlight
Most galaxies have a supermassive black hole at their center, but some galaxies have two. These supermassive binaries…
Finding Gold In A Stellar Explosion
Our first satellites were little more than repeater stations that propagated our radio and tv signals around the…
Simulation of a Floquet non-Abelian topological insulator with photonic quantum walks
Qi, X.-L. & Zhang, S.-C. Topological insulators and superconductors. Rev. Mod. Phys. 83, 1057–1110 (2011). Article ADS Google…
How the twist of a molecule affects electron spin
Since the discovery was first reported in 1999, researchers have uncovered many aspects of the chiral-induced spin selectivity…
Invisible magnets could make computers 1,000x faster using light
Researchers have potentially discovered a way to make computers process data about 1,000 times faster after evaluating so-called…
Lense–Thirring precessing magnetar engine drives a superluminous supernova
Gal-Yam, A. in Handbook of Supernovae (eds Alsabti, A. W. & Murdin, P.) 195–237 (Springer, 2017). Moriya, T.…
One- and two-dimensional cluster states for topological phase simulation and measurement-based quantum computation
Nielsen, M. A. & Chuang, I. L. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information 10th Anniversary Edition (Cambridge Univ. Press,…
The block universe: a theory where every moment already exists
JIM AL-KHALILI: My name is Jim Al-Khalili and I’m Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Surrey. My…
Ground-state exciton–polariton condensation via coherent Floquet driving
The acousto-polaritonic device studied here (Fig. 1a) is based on a patterned hybrid phonon–photon AlGaAs MC with multiple…
Tony Leggett, Nobel laureate and theoretical physicist, dies – News Bureau
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Theoretical physicist Sir Anthony James Leggett, widely recognized as a world leader in condensed matter…