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Defects, Electrons, and a Long-Standing Controversy
Faster, more energy-efficient electronics could be created with topological insulators, which carry an electrical charge on just the...
Aug 26, 20162 min read
A magnetic vortex to control electron spin
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a way to swiftly and precisely control electron spins at room temperature....
Jun 16, 20162 min read
Quantum cycles power cold-atom pump
The idea of a pump is at least as old as the ancient Greek philosopher and scientist Archimedes. More than 2000 years ago, Archimedes...
May 24, 20164 min read
Graphene: A quantum of current
When current comes in discrete packages: Viennese scientists unravel the quantum properties of the carbon material graphene In 2010 the...
May 22, 20163 min read
Capturing Molecular Motion with Relativistic Electrons
The world’s fastest images of nitrogen molecules rotating in a gas were captured using electron diffraction. Nitrogen molecules were...
May 6, 20161 min read
New movies from the microcosmos
With the aid of terahertz radiation, Munich physicists have developed a method for generating and controlling ultrashort electron pulses....
Apr 27, 20163 min read
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