Light Reveals the Hidden Quantum Motion Inside an Exotic Crystal
Researchers used light to reveal the collective motion of electrons forming a Wigner crystal. Credit: Enrique Sahagún, Scixel…
Physicists Discover a Fundamental Limit to Electrical Resistance
An artist’s impression of the resistivity that results from cold atomic collisions. Researchers investigating interaction-induced resistivity of ultracold…
Scientists Create “Quantum Sound” Device That Works Near Absolute Zero
A new ultra-cold device developed at McGill University can generate controlled sound-like quantum vibrations known as phonons. The…
Researchers Accidentally Create Unprecedented New Gold Compound
Illustration of intense pulses from an X-ray free-electron laser (left) heating compressed samples of hydrocarbons to extreme conditions,…
Scientists Create Liquid Carbon in the Lab for the First Time
Researchers have been able to measure liquid carbon experimentally for the first time. They combined a high-power laser…