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Physicists Detect New Quantum State of Matter in 2D Material
Researchers have observed the ‘fingerprint’ of a mysterious new quantum state of matter in a two-dimensional material, in which electrons...
Apr 5, 20163 min read


A Radar Gun For Unruly Atoms
X-rays have long been used to make pictures of tiny objects, even single atoms. Now a team of scientists has discovered a new use for...
Apr 4, 20164 min read


The metal-insulator transition depends on the mass of the Dirac electrons
Scientists from the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS) in Kobe, Japan, have used the powerful K computer, along...
Mar 21, 20162 min read


'Sticky waves': Molecular interactions at the nanoscale
Like the gravitational forces that are responsible for the attraction between the Earth and the moon, as well as the dynamics of the...
Mar 11, 20163 min read


Physicists discover new laws governing the 'developmental biology of materials'
When one atom first meets another, the precise nature of that interaction can determine much about what kinds of physical properties and...
Feb 23, 20163 min read


Electron's 1-D metallic surface state observed
In the one-dimensional (1D), various exotic phenomena are predicted that are totally different from those in the 3D world in which we...
Feb 8, 20162 min read
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