Strain-induced two-dimensional topological crystalline insulator in bilayer SnTe
Experimental realization of strained 3 atomic layers We prepared ultrathin SnTe films on a 2H-NbSe2 substrate using the…
Modelling wavefunction collapse as a continuous flow yields insights on the nature of measurement – Physics World
Modelling wavefunction collapse as a continuous flow yields insights on the nature of measurement – Physics World Skip…
There is no such thing as a “quantum un-do button” in nature, and that limitation could explain why your coffee cools down but never reheats on its own
For as long as people have dreamed about time machines, physics has wrestled with a strange mismatch between…
What If Outer Space Isn’t Empty? One Researcher Claims It’s Actually a Fluid
What if outer space isn’t empty, but behaves like a thick, slow-moving fluid? A new study suggests just…
A New Theory Says Gravity May Come From Entropy—Which Could Lead to a Unified Theory of Physics
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new theory suggests that gravity could possibly be…
New black hole discovery uncovers our failure to understand reality » IAI TV
Astronomers have observed the effects of a rapidly spinning black hole twisting the motion of matter around it,…
Superconductivity Breakthrough Brings Practical Use Closer than Ever, as Team Unveils “Hidden Magnetic Order in the Pseudogap”
In the quest for room-temperature superconductivity, an international team of physicists has uncovered a link between magnetism and…
Theoretical study of laser-enhanced nuclear fusion reactions
image: The illustration depicts an intense laser field (red wave) interacting with Deuterium and Tritium nuclei. By modifying…
Symmetry, microscopy and spectroscopy signatures of altermagnetism
Šmejkal, L., Sinova, J. & Jungwirth, T. Beyond conventional ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism: a phase with nonrelativistic spin and…
New quantum boundary discovered: Spin size determines how the Kondo effect behaves
image: The size of the spin crucially affects how the system behaves. At spin-1/2, fully quantum spins pair…
Physicists Have Achieved Quantum “Alchemy” by Exciting Electrons to High-Energy States
A promising—and powerful—new engineering breakthrough could soon enable researchers to alter the properties of materials by exciting electrons…
Probing quantum mechanics with nanoparticle matter-wave interferometry
Quantum and classical model The theory of Talbot–Lau interference is best formulated in phase space using the Wigner–Weyl…