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Magnetic vortices come full circle

Magnets often harbour hidden beauty. Take a simple fridge magnet: Somewhat counterintuitively, it is 'sticky' on one side but not the...

Dec 1, 20203 min read

In 1973, physicist and later Nobel laureate Philip W. Anderson proposed a bizarre state of matter: the quantum spin liquid (QSL). Unlike...

Nov 17, 20203 min read

The treatment of seawater, including its large-scale desalination, is a major challenge for our society. Reverse osmosis is one of the...

Nov 17, 20201 min read

Groundbreaking science is often the result of true collaboration, with researchers in a variety of fields, viewpoints and experiences...

Nov 17, 20204 min read

Three-dimensional (3-D) nanostructured materials--those with complex shapes at a size scale of billionths of a meter--that can conduct...

Nov 17, 20204 min read

Nanographene is a material that is anticipated to radically improve solar cells, fuel cells, LEDs and more. Typically the synthesis of...

Nov 17, 20202 min read