Researchers have detailed the physics behind a phenomenon that allows them to create spin in liquid droplets using ultrasound waves, which concentrates solid particles suspended in the liquid. The ...

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Many quantum effects can be observed only when a small number of particles is studied—individual atoms, molecules or photons, ...

Two RIKEN physicists have established new theoretical limits for experimentally measurable quantities by viewing solids through a lens of quantum geometry. Their results shed light both on the physics ...

Quantum entanglement is often described as one of nature’s strangest secrets. Now, scientists have found it inside a crystal ...

Researchers from two laboratories at ULB have realized a synthetic dimension for light using a fiber optic ring. This ingenious system simulates the periodic motion of a particle in a crystal in order ...

Collective modes are a direct macroscopic manifestation of coherent atomic motion and have a pivotal role in determining the thermodynamic, mechanical, and transport properties of physical systems.

Researchers in China have shown that applying strain to a composite material using an electric field induces a large and reversible caloric effect. This novel way of enhancing the caloric effect ...

Copper, platinum, aluminum, gold. Metals have been so important in human history that we’ve named historical epochs (the Bronze Age, the Iron Age) for their transformative power. These materials, with ...

Figure 1: Quantum objects such as electrons, protons and neutrons are notoriously difficult to pin down due to Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. Now, two RIKEN researchers have derived analogous ...

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