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Novel Photonic Simulation Emulates Key Properties of Electronic Topological Insulators

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have designed a simulation that for the first time emulates key properties of electronic topological insulators.

24 Dec 2012

New System Successfully Classify Symmetry-Protected Phases of Matter

Condensed matter physics – the branch of physics responsible for discovering and describing most of these phases – has traditionally classified phases by the way their fundamental building blocks – usually atoms – are arranged. The key is something called symmetry.

24 Dec 2012

Higgs Boson Heralded as Most Important Scientific Discovery of 2012

The observation of an elusive sub-atomic particle, known as the Higgs boson, has been heralded by the journal Science as the most important scientific discovery of 2012. This particle, which was first hypothesized more than 40 years ago, holds the key to explaining how other elementary particles (those that aren't made up of smaller particles), such as electrons and quarks, get their mass.

21 Dec 2012

Photons Take Coordinated, Random Paths

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have demonstrated that photons (light particles) emitted from light sources embedded in a complex and disordered structure are able to mutually coordinate their paths through the medium.

21 Dec 2012

Some Globular Clusters Still Young at Heart

Globular clusters are spherical collections of stars, tightly bound to each other by their mutual gravity. Relics of the early years of the Universe, with ages of typically 12-13 billion years (the Big Bang took place 13.7 billion years ago), there are roughly 150 globular clusters in the Milky Way and they contain many of our galaxy's oldest stars.

21 Dec 2012

Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Spin Liquid

Experiments demonstrate ‘quantum spin liquid,’ which could have applications in new computer memory storage.

21 Dec 2012

Research on Superconducting Wire in Wind Energy Project Receives Additional Funding

A University of Houston engineering researcher and his team have received additional funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a wind energy project that involves using superconducting wire to generate and transport electricity.

21 Dec 2012

Scientists Use Silver Atoms to Understand the Characteristics of New Superconductor

By doping a bismuth-based layered material with silver, Chinese scientists demonstrated that superconductivity is intrinsic to the new material rather than stemming from its impurities

21 Dec 2012

Electrons in Crystalline Structure Form Quantum Spin Liquid

A research team including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has confirmed long-standing suspicions among physicists that electrons in a crystalline structure called a kagome (kah-go-may) lattice can form a "spin liquid," a novel quantum state of matter in which the electrons' magnetic orientation remains in a constant state of change.*

21 Dec 2012

Quantum Dots are Well-Established Markets for Nanomaterials

Nanotechnology is one of one of the hottest and rapidly evolving industries worldwide. Its outstanding products, nanomaterials, are coming into use in aerospace, automotive, medicine, construction, communications, electronics, energy, defence, packaging, and many other areas. Zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, silicon oxide nanopowders and carbon nanotubes, nanofibers, nanosilver, nanoclays, quantum dots and nanoporous materials are the well-established markets for nanomaterials.

20 Dec 2012

Dual-Core Nanomechanical Optical Fibers with Precise Mechanical Motion Capability

Optical fibers –the backbone of the Internet–carry movies, messages, and music at the speed of light. But for all their efficiency, these ultrathin strands of pristine glass must connect to sluggish signal switches, routers, and buffers in order to transmit data. Hoping to do away with these information speed bumps, researchers have developed a new, dual-core optical fiber that can perform the same functions just by applying a miniscule amount of mechanical pressure.

20 Dec 2012

Evaporative Cooling Method May Help Advance Quantum Simulators

Achieving a goal considered nearly impossible, JILA physicists have chilled a gas of molecules to very low temperatures by adapting the familiar process by which a hot cup of coffee cools.

20 Dec 2012

Researchers Question 40 Year-Old Theory on Glitching of Pulsars

Researchers from the University of Southampton have called in to question a 40 year-old theory explaining the periodic speeding up or 'glitching' of pulsars.

20 Dec 2012

Frost + Sullivan Honors QMC’s Enabling Technology for Mass Production of Tetrapod Quantum Dots

Quantum Materials Corporation (QMC), the first manufacturer of Tetrapod Quantum Dots by a mass production continuous flow chemistry process, has been honored with Frost & Sullivan's 2012 North American Enabling Technology Award for Advanced Quantum Dot Manufacturing. QMC's "enabling technology" overcomes all quantum dot industry problems by delivering high-quality, lower-cost, and uniform quantum dots in commercial quantities for the reliable supply necessary for industrial production commitments.

20 Dec 2012

Antimony Microelectrodes Can Help Understand Nature of Electrochemical and Corrosion Processes

For several decades antimony electrodes have been used to measure the acidity/basicity – and so to determine the pH value. Unfortunately, they allow for measuring pH changes of solutions only at a certain distance from electrodes or corroding metals.

19 Dec 2012

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Novel Photonic Simulation Emulates Key Properties of Electronic Topological Insulators

New System Successfully Classify Symmetry-Protected Phases of Matter

Higgs Boson Heralded as Most Important Scientific Discovery of 2012

Photons Take Coordinated, Random Paths

Some Globular Clusters Still Young at Heart

Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Spin Liquid

Research on Superconducting Wire in Wind Energy Project Receives Additional Funding

Scientists Use Silver Atoms to Understand the Characteristics of New Superconductor

Electrons in Crystalline Structure Form Quantum Spin Liquid

Quantum Dots are Well-Established Markets for Nanomaterials

Dual-Core Nanomechanical Optical Fibers with Precise Mechanical Motion Capability

Evaporative Cooling Method May Help Advance Quantum Simulators

Researchers Question 40 Year-Old Theory on Glitching of Pulsars

Frost + Sullivan Honors QMC’s Enabling Technology for Mass Production of Tetrapod Quantum Dots

Antimony Microelectrodes Can Help Understand Nature of Electrochemical and Corrosion Processes

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