Researchers have discovered a simple yet powerful way to protect atoms from losing information—a key challenge in developing ...

For decades, ferromagnetic materials have driven technologies like magnetic hard drives, magnetic random access memories and ...

Each quark has a spin of 1/2, so you might simply think that so long as one spins in the opposite direction of the other two, you'd get the proton's spin. Up until the 1980s, that's exactly how ...

Recent physics studies have found that light can sometimes flow in unexpected ways, behaving like a so-called "superfluid." Superfluids, such as ultracold atomic gases or helium-4 below specific ...

Electric charge is no longer required to carry information as scientists find a practical way to use spintronics in graphene.

Electron spin control of optically levitated nanodiamonds in vacuum . Thai M. Hoang 1, Jonghoon Ahn 2, Jaehoon Bang 2 & Tongcang Li 1,2,3,4. 1 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, ...

If he had discussed the spin idea with others, probably few in the physics community (except, potentially, for Werner Heisenberg, who was also thinking about half-integer quantum numbers) wou ld ...

Developing technology that allows quantum information to be both stable and accessible is a critical challenge in the development of useful quantum computers that operate at scale. Research published ...

An elusive form of matter called a quantum spin liquid isn’t a liquid, and it doesn’t spin — but it sure is quantum. Predicted nearly 50 years ago, quantum spin liquids have long evaded ...

The fine-structure constant is 10 times its normal value in the material, giving a peek into what physics in an alternate universe could look like.

New face of quantum Having recently established her own research group, physicist Hannah Stern is ready to get to work developing new materials for quantum technologies. (Courtesy: Andy ...