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Emerging New Properties at Oxide Interfaces
November 25, 2011 Researchers discovered a collective electronic state not seen before in the bulk of either two individual insulating oxides, thus demonstrating that electrons at their interface can now exhibit ... > full story -
Unearthing a New Quantum State of Matter: Quantum Physics Discoveries Could Change Face of Technology
November 21, 2011 Researchers have made advances in better understanding correlated quantum matter that could change technology as we know it, according to a new ... > full story -
Birth of Famous Black Hole: Longstanding Mysteries About Object Called Cygnus X-1 Unraveled
November 17, 2011 A precise distance measurement by the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) allowed astronomers to accurately calculate the mass and spin of a famous black hole, thus providing a complete description of ... > full storyMore: -
Secrets of Tunneling Through Energy Barriers: How Massless Electrons Tunnel Through Energy Barriers in a Carbon Sheet Called Graphene
November 7, 2011 Electrons moving in graphene behave in an unusual way, as demonstrated by 2010 Nobel Prize laureates for physics Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, who performed transport experiments on this ... > full story -
Europe's Top Microscope for Creating Tomorrow's Materials
October 28, 2011 Europe's most precise electron microscope is now in use in Sweden. The 80-300 transmission electron microscope has been adjusted so it now provides a resolution of less than 0.7 Å (about half ... > full story -
Data Transmission for the Internet of Tomorrow: Scientists Develop New Concept for Ultrafast Lasers
October 28, 2011 Electrical engineers in Germany have succeeded in developing a new concept for ultrafast semiconductor lasers. The researchers make clever use of the intrinsic angular momentum of electrons, called ... > full story -
Magnetic Nanoswitch for Thermoelectric Voltages
October 24, 2011 Thanks to a recently discovered effect in magnetic tunnel structures, thermoelectric voltages in nano-electronic junctions can be ... > full story -
Magnetic Attraction: Microchip Demonstrates Concept of 'MRAM for Biomolecules'
October 19, 2011 Researchers have developed a low-power microchip that uses a combination of microfluidics and magnetic switches to trap and transport magnetic beads. The novel transport chip may have applications in ... > full story -
Key Property of Potential 'Spintronic' Material Measured
October 19, 2011 An advanced material that could help bring about next-generation "spintronic" computers has revealed one of its fundamental secrets to a team of ... > full story -
Physicists Move One Step Closer to Quantum Computer
October 4, 2011 Physicists have created a tiny "electron superhighway" that could one day be useful for building a quantum computer -- a new type of computer that will use quantum particles in place of the digital ... > full story
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