At temperatures approaching absolute zero, most magnetic materials settle into tidy patterns. Their tiny magnetic moments, or spins, align in one of two ways: all pointing in the same direction in ...

Magnetic levitation demonstrated using a Dremel tool spinning a magnet at 266 Hz. The rotor magnet is 7x7x7 mm3 and the floater magnet is 6x6x6 mm3. This video show the physics described in the work ...

Spintronics—a technology that harnesses the electron's magnetic quantum states to carry information—could pave the way for a new generation of ultra-energy-efficient electronics. Yet a major challenge ...

Dice are about the simplest machines possible, and they’ve been used since before recorded history to generate random numbers. But no machine is so simple that a little needless complexity can’t make ...

Engineers have discovered an unexpected link between two very different realms of physics: the behavior of electrons in ...

Quantum mechanical effects are known to be easily disrupted by disturbances from the surrounding environment, commonly referred to as noise. To minimize these disturbances, physicists often study ...

Recently, a group of researchers discovered a novel way to achieve spin-valve effects using kagome quantum magnets. "This approach uses a prototype device made from the kagome magnet TmMn₆Sn₆," ...

Physicists at Boston University have achieved what amounts to a long-sought benchmark in quantum measurement: detecting the ...