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Spinons -- Confined Like Quarks: Phenomenon Seen in Condensed Matter for First Time
November 29, 2009 The concept of confinement is one of the central ideas in modern physics. The most famous example is that of quarks which bind together to form protons and neutrons. Now for the first time an ... > full story -
Breakthrough in 'Spintronics' Could Lead to Energy Efficient Chips
November 27, 2009 Scientists have succeeded in transferring magnetic information directly into a semiconductor. For the first time, this is achieved at room temperature. This breakthrough brings the development of a ... > full story -
Exotic Electric Properties of Graphene Confirmed
November 17, 2009 First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in physics and nanotechnology is graphene: a remarkably ... > full story -
Super-Fast Quantum Computer Gets Ever Closer: Quantum Particles Pinned Down
October 29, 2009 Researchers have succeeded in getting hold of the environment of a quantum particle. This allows them to exercise greater control over a single electron, and brings the team of researchers a step ... > full story -
New Technology May Cool The Laptop
October 29, 2009 Does your laptop sometimes get so hot that it can almost be used to fry eggs? New technology may help cool it and give information technology a unique ... > full story -
All-Electric Spintronics Created
October 27, 2009 Scientists have always attempted to develop spin transistors by incorporating local ferromagnets into device architectures. A far better and practical way to manipulate the orientation of an ... > full story -
'Magnetricity' Observed And Measured For First Time
October 15, 2009 A magnetic charge can behave and interact just like an electric charge in some materials, according to new research. The findings could lead to a reassessment of current magnetism theories, as well ... > full story -
Interactions Between Massless Particles May Lead To Speedy, Powerful Electronic Devices
October 14, 2009 Researchers have discovered novel electronic properties in two-dimensional sheets of carbon atoms called graphene that could one day be the heart of speedy and powerful electronic devices. The new ... > full story -
Large-Scale Cousin Of Elusive 'Magnetic Monopoles' Found At NIST
October 7, 2009 Any child can tell you that a magnet has a "north" and a "south" pole, and that if you break it into two pieces, you invariably get two smaller magnets with two poles of their own. But scientists ... > full story -
Classical Chaos Occurs In The Quantum World, Scientists Find
October 7, 2009 For the first time, researchers have produced experimental evidence that classical chaos occurs in the quantum ... > full story
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