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New properties of superconductivity discovered
Superconductivity could have implications for creating technologies like ultra-efficient power grids and magnetically levitating...
Feb 5, 20163 min read


A Narrower Spectrum for a Wider View of Matter
Condensed matter physicists, who study the physics of solids and liquids, often use a technique called "inelastic scattering," in which...
Jan 27, 20163 min read


Clarifying the role of magnetism in high-temperature superconductors
A collaboration of scientists from the RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Osaka University, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, and the Japan Synchrotron...
Jan 25, 20162 min read


Clearing the way for Floquet-Bloch states
Team demonstrates pure quantum-mechanical mixture of electrons and photons in the solid topological insulator bismuth selenide. In 2013,...
Jan 4, 20165 min read


Four elements earn permanent seats on the periodic table
The seventh row of the periodic table is officially full. On December 30, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry announced...
Jan 4, 20161 min read


Controlling the Thermodynamics of Light
The concept of temperature is critical in describing many physical phenomena, such as the transition from one phase of matter to another....
Dec 16, 20153 min read
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