YouTuber captures ‘lightning in a bottle’ using particle accelerator
The phrase “lightning in a bottle” is usually used as a metaphor for something rare or impossible to…
Real-space observation of flat-band ultrastrong coupling between optical phonons and surface plasmon polaritons
Galego, J., Garcia-Vidal, F. J. & Feist, J. Cavity-induced modifications of molecular structure in the strong-coupling regime. Phys.…
Speeding up antiferromagnetic switching | Nature Materials
Coughlin, T. Seagate shows path to over 100TB hard disk drives. Forbes (23 May 2025); https://go.nature.com/44vKTW8 Ogawa, K.…
Asteroids, antibiotics and ants: a year of remarkable science – Nature
Asteroids, antibiotics and ants: a year of remarkable science NatureCan scientists detect life without knowing what it looks like?…
Entanglement of a nuclear spin qubit register in silicon photonics
Awschalom, D. D., Hanson, R., Wrachtrup, J. & Zhou, B. B. Quantum technologies with optically interfaced solid-state spins.…
P-wave magnetism in a metal
Different magnetic orders in real space give rise to different spin-dependent electronic structures in momentum space, as shown…
Acoustic Levitation Breakthrough Uses Sound to “Float” Multiple Objects in Midair
Austrian scientists working to perfect acoustic levitation have broken through a critical barrier by using electrical charges, allowing…
Microstructural Disorder in Perovskite Photovoltaics
Newswise — Researchers from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, et al. have conducted a review…
Brownian spin-locking effect | Nature Materials
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All-optical modulation with single photons using an electron avalanche
Northup, T. E. & Blatt, R. Quantum information transfer using photons. Nat. Photon. 8, 356–363 (2014). Article CAS …
Material system enhances superconducting qubits
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 12 November 2025 In the development of large-scale quantum processors, material improvements yield rapid progress because…
Diffracting atoms in solids | Nature Materials
Diffraction is a wave phenomenon that occurs when a wavefront encounters matter or a slit with feature dimensions…