Recent Articles
A Quantum Microscope Reveals Water Breaking Apart
A scheme combining a scanning probe microscope with a quantum sensor can locally trigger water dissociation and observe the elementary steps of such a reaction. Read More »
Making Fresh Radionuclides with Leftover Gamma Rays
Photons in high-energy probe beams that pass through their intended target can be “reused” for making promising nuclides in nuclear medicine, new experiments show. Read More »
Mapping Altermagnetic Domains
Two new techniques use circularly polarized x rays to characterize a new and potentially useful form of magnetism. Read More »
Spin-Phase Detector
Experiments demonstrate a device-friendly technique that can measure the spin phase in magnets with helical magnetic ordering. Read More »
Zeroing In on Zero-Point Motion Inside a Crystal
A nanocrystal cooled to near absolute zero produces an unexpected light emission, which is shown to arise from quantum fluctuations in the crystal’s atomic lattice. Read More »
Shining Light on Antiferromagnets
Researchers use a magneto-optical technique to image and manipulate magnetic domains in a chiral antiferromagnet, opening new routes for spin-based electronics. Read More »
Constraints on Quantum-Advantage Experiments Due to Noise
Current quantum computers are noisy, which places limitations on the type of quantum machine needed to outpace classical computers. Read More »
Active Matter Gets Solid
Researchers have determined the mechanical properties of a tiny beam made of active particles, laying the groundwork for future micromachines. Read More »
A New Kind of Collision at the LHC
Researchers have proposed that exotic particles emitted by the Large Hadron Collider’s relativistic beams might reveal themselves in collisions of their own. Read More »
