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Ultrathin Magnet Offers an Optimal Platform for Probing the Quantum World

The development of an ultrathin magnet that operates at room temperature could lead to new applications in computing and electronics - such as high-density, compact spintronic memory devices - and new tools for the study of quantum physics.

21 Jul 2021

Enormous Black Holes Responsible for Hampering the Birth of New Stars

According to astronomers, black holes with masses that of nearly millions of suns hamper the origin of new stars.

20 Jul 2021

Study Offers Observational Evidence of Origin of Nitrogen-Rich Field Stars

Nitrogen is a gas that mostly appears colorless or odorless and constitutes 78% of the Earth’s current atmosphere. But nitrogen is produced in stars shining throughout the Universe, similar to most of the elements heavier than helium.

20 Jul 2021

Research Lays the Foundation for Building Room-Temperature Solid-State Quantum Devices

Prof. LI Chuanfeng, Prof. XU Jinshi and their colleagues from Prof. GUO Guangcan's group, University of Science and Technology of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, realized the high-contrast readout and coherent manipulation of a single silicon carbide divacancy color center electron spin at room temperature for the first time in the world, in cooperation with Prof. Adam Gali, from the Wigner Research Centre for Physics in Hungary.

20 Jul 2021

Supernovae Explosions Could Pack a Bigger Punch with the Help of Cosmic Rays

The final stage of cataclysmic explosions of dying massive stars, called supernovae, could pack an up to six times bigger punch on the surrounding interstellar gas with the help of cosmic rays, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford.

20 Jul 2021

Researchers Capture the Ultra-Rapid Twists and Turns of Laser Plasma

Great leaps in science and technology have been propelled by recent advances in seeing fast evolving physical phenomena, as they happen.

19 Jul 2021

Computational Modeling Reveals Millimeter-Tall Mountains on Neutron Stars

New models of neutron stars show that their tallest mountains may be only fractions of millimetres high, due to the huge gravity on the ultra-dense objects. The research is presented today at the National Astronomy Meeting 2021.

19 Jul 2021

New Insights into Ultrafast Response of Topological States of Matter to Femtosecond Laser Pulses

The laws of quantum physics rule the microcosm. They determine, for example, how easily electrons move through a crystal and thus whether the material is a metal, a semiconductor or an insulator.

19 Jul 2021

Uranium Ditelluride Exhibits Many Hallmarks of a Topological Superconductor

Scientists on the hunt for an unconventional kind of superconductor have produced the most compelling evidence to date that they've found one.

16 Jul 2021

Scientists Take First Snapshots of Ultrafast Switching In a Quantum Electronic Device

Electronic circuits that compute and store information contain millions of tiny switches that control the flow of electric current. A deeper understanding of how these tiny switches work could help researchers push the frontiers of modern computing.

16 Jul 2021