A Wright Lab experiment capitalizes on simple physics to produce a groundbreaking technique to detect particle decay.

MIT physicists have created a new ultrathin, two-dimensional material with unusual magnetic properties that initially ...

Researchers have identified a new class of quantum states in a custom-engineered graphene structure. The study reports the discovery of topological electronic crystals in twisted bilayer -- trilayer ...

Electrons in these materials are free to move in the two-dimensional plane, but their restricted motion in the third direction is governed by quantum mechanics. Prominent examples include quantum ...

On 4 August 2024, the great physicist Tsung-Dao Lee (also known as T D Lee) passed away at his home in San Francisco, aged 97 ...

Our physics expert picks his top-five equations, plus a scheme to supply US power needs with a bucket of baseballs. Thanks, Einstein!

Phase transitions in two-dimensional (2D) systems are a fascinating area of study in condensed matter physics. These transitions describe how materials change from one state of matter to another ...

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Jan. 24, 2025 — Various methods are used to correct errors in quantum computers. Not all operations can be implemented equally well with different correction codes. Therefore, a research team ...

The discovery of topological electronic crystals in twisted graphene offers insights into electron dynamics, with potential implications for quantum computing.

New research shows that slow, silent stress buildup and fault geometry are crucial in triggering earthquakes A new study has ...

A groundbreaking discovery in earthquake science is shedding light on the hidden processes that trigger seismic events, ...