Researchers Have Discovered a Novel Quantum State
A research team involving the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) has discovered a quantum state where water remains liquid even at extremely low temperatures. The team, consisting…
Solid State Physics News
The Secret Code of the Universe: A Remarkable Way of Measuring the Fine Structure Constant
The fine structure constant is a fundamental constant of nature and its measurement is crucial in physics. Recently, researchers at TU Wien have discovered a…
Electronic Nematicity: Spin Keeps Electrons in Line in Iron-Based Superconductor
Electronic nematicity, thought to be an ingredient in high-temperature superconductivity, is primarily spin driven in FeSe finds a study in Nature Physics. Researchers from PSI’s…
Scientists Demonstrate Light Controlled Current Transport by Charged Atoms
Light controlled current transport by charged atoms, now demonstrated for the first time, makes new applications conceivable. Light makes some materials conductive in a previously…
Physicists Propose a New State of Matter “Superfluid Quasicrystal”
The term “superfluid quasicrystal” sounds like something a comic-book villain might use to carry out his dastardly plans. In reality, it’s a new form of…
Quantum Cocktail Provides New Insights on Quantum Many-Body Systems
Experiments based on atoms in a shaken artificial crystal made of light offer novel insight into the physics of quantum many-body systems — which might…
Researchers Develop a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Scanner for Individual Proteins
A team of researchers has developed a quantum sensor that makes it possible to use nuclear magnetic resonance scanning to investigate the structure of individual…
Particles Exhibit Their Quantum Nature Close to Absolute Zero
A newly published study from the Max Planck Institute reveals what would happen if an electric current no longer flowed, but trickled instead. What would…
Scientists Observed Conventional Superconductivity at Minus 70 Degrees Celsius
New research from the Max Planck Institute and the Johannes Gutenberg University reveals that hydrogen sulfide loses its electrical resistance under high pressure at minus…
New Insights Into Why Some Crystals Jump, While Others Crumble
A team of researchers has discovered the force that makes the organometallic compound palladium hexafluoroacetylacetonate jump. This thermosalient effect could potentially be applied in artificial…
Researchers Demonstrate Superconductivity Without Cooling
New research details how scientists used an infrared laser pulse to briefly modify the structure of a high-temperature superconductor, removing its electrical resistance at room…
Scientists Develop a Nanolamp With a Lightning-Fast Switch
Scientists have developed a light source that converts an electrical voltage pulse into a light pulse by means of a single molecule, possibly serving as…
Researchers Investigated the Charge Transport Perovskite Solar Cells
New insights into the working mechanism of perovskite-based solar cells could help these solar cells play a prominent role among the renewable energy carriers in…
Atomic Scale Imaging of Magnetic Structures
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research use atomic scale imaging of magnetic structures to study new aspects of high-temperature superconductivity. Superconductors…
Solid-State Physicists Consider the ‘Anticrystal’
Physicists show that the anticrystal, a theoretical solid that is completely disordered, should undergird our understanding of most materials. For the last century, the concept…
Molecular Photons Interfaced with Alkali Atoms for the First Time
In a newly published study, scientists describe the optical interaction between Fourier-limited photons from a single organic molecule and atomic alkali vapors. It may be…
Researchers Perform Logic Operation and Error Correction in a Quantum Register
An international team of physicists has discovered a way to control the quantum system of a diamond with a small number of nitrogen impurities. Computers…
A Growing Understanding of the Conditions Required for Superconductivity
Two newly published studies improve scientists’ understanding of the conditions required for superconductivity and how it can be achieved at realistic temperatures. Even physics can…
