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The team developed a platform that uses powerful X-rays from the lab’s LCLS X-ray laser to resolve for the first time the evolution of instabilities in high-density plasmas.

Clusters of 10 tantalum atoms, arranged in triangles, create stress in the crystal’s structure. This stress unlocks unique magnetic properties, essential for future technologies such as quantum computing. Credit: Jewook Park/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, working with international partners, have uncovered surprising behavior in a specially engineered crystal. Composed of tantalum, tungsten and selenium — el

Video showing the blinking quantum dots from the experiment. The researchers turned a laser field on and off to drive them far from equilibrium and modulate their blinking. | Shen, Y., Chen, C., Ma, H., et al. "Non-equilibrium entropy production and information dissipation in a non-Markovian quantum dot." Nat. Phys. (2026), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-026-03177-8 In order to build the computers and devices of tomorrow, we have to understand how they use energy today. That’

Scanning electron microscope images of helical-shaped device samples made of Co₃Sn₂S₂ in various dimensions @Riken Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science and colleagues have developed a new way to fabricate three-dimensional nanoscale devices from single-crystal materials using a focused ion beam instrument. The group used this new method to carve helical-shaped devices from a topological magnet composed of cobalt, tin, and sulfur, with a chemical formul

The U.S. National Science Foundation is investing up to $100 million to establish a nationwide network of open-access research facilities for quantum and nanoscale technologies, innovation, and workforce training. Through the new NSF National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NSF NQNI) program, NSF will support up to 16 sites over five years, providing students, researchers, and industry with access to state-of-the-art fabrication and characterization tools, instrume

DTU researchers have invented a nanolaser constructed in a semiconductor membrane that causes electrons and light to gather in a small area (blue shadow). By using light instead of electrical signals on microchips, data speed can be increased and energy loss reduced. Illustration: Yi Yu. The invention of a nanolaser is the first step towards future digital communication, where communication on microchips can be based entirely on light particles. Researchers at DTU have develo

Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the team’s miniaturized, 3D-printed ion trap. Forty calcium ions are trapped in the space between the four poles that create an oscillating electrical potential. @Xiaoxing Xia/LLNL Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), the University of California (UC) Berkeley, UC Riverside and UC Santa Barbara have miniaturized quadrupole ion traps for the first time with 3D printing — a breakthrough in one of the most p

@EPFL EPFL researchers have shown theoretically that, in highly ordered materials, heat can flow toward warmer regions without violating the laws of thermodynamics. Their work could help design electronics that minimize heat loss. To understand how heat normally flows, you could study the second law of thermodynamics – or wrap your hands around a hot mug of coffee. Both tell us that heat tends to flow toward cooler regions. As a material’s thermal energy increases, its atoms