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Scientists 'Waltz' Closer to Using Spintronics in Computing
August 13, 2012 Aiming to use electron spins for storing, transporting and processing information, researchers have revealed the first-ever direct mapping of the formation of a persistent spin helix in a ... > full story -
Physicists Explore Properties of Electrons in Revolutionary Material
August 10, 2012 Scientists have found a new way to examine certain properties of electrons in graphene – a very thin material that may hold the key to new technologies in computing and other ... > full story -
Freezing Magnetic Monopoles: How Dipoles Become Monopoles and Vice Versa
August 9, 2012 Scientists have sharpened the theoretical framework under which monopoles can be ... > full story -
The Spin Racket: Ping-Pong Champs Are Intuitive Masters of Fluid Dynamics
August 8, 2012 Curve balls may help a pitcher strike out batters in baseball; and some nasty spin can make an opponent sweat to return a tennis serve. But more so than in any other ball game, in table tennis ... > full story -
Higgs Transition of North and South Poles of Electrons in a Magnet
August 7, 2012 Minimal evidence of a Higgs transition;1 of north and south poles of electron spins was observed in a magnet Yb2Ti2O7 at the absolute temperature;2 0.21 K. A fractionalization of these monopoles from ... > full story -
Major Step Taken Towards 'Unbreakable' Message Exchange
August 3, 2012 Single particles of light, also known as photons, have been produced and implemented into a quantum key distribution (QKD) link, paving the way for unbreakable communication ... > full story -
Data Storage: Memory That Does It All
August 2, 2012 Using the correct annealing temperature is key to making fast, non-volatile computer ... > full story -
A Direct Look at Graphene: Direct Imaging Confirms Importance of Electron-Electron Interactions in Graphene
August 2, 2012 Researchers have recorded the first direct observations at microscopic lengths of how electrons and holes respond to a charged impurity in graphene. The results point to interactions between ... > full story -
The Future of Biomaterial Manufacturing: Spider Silk Production from Bacteria
July 18, 2012 New research demonstrates procedures to harvest and process synthetic spider silk from bacteria. The procedure revolutionizes the spider silk purification process by standardizing a key step known as ... > full story -
Data Storage: Adopting Changes
July 18, 2012 New insights into the stable magnetism of phase-change semiconductors could enable the development of ultra-high-speed data ... > full story
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