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Magnetic ordering in a low-dimensional spin system cannot be generally excluded in the presence of spin-orbit interactions.

To complement normal NMR spectroscopy performed in high magnetic fields, researchers are developing a technique that works in nearly zero fields.

When searching for new physics at the Large Hadron Collider, researchers have to keep track of how many places they look.

Researchers have developed a new technique to determine how far vibrational excitations travel before they scatter, an important parameter for some nanoscale devices.

A theoretical proposal shows how pure quantum states can be turned into long-lasting states that are protected from decoherence.

A gas of excited-state atoms could perform as a single-photon detector.

A two-dimensional trap takes advantage of the magnetic domain walls in a narrow wire to guide the thermal motion of magnetic particles.

Researchers use a laser pulse to manipulate excitons confined in quantum dots.

New research explains how a novel type of rechargeable battery is able to sequester defects, so that ions can move more easily between electrodes.

More compact transistors may be possible by harnessing the quantum properties of semiconductor heterostructures.

A theoretical approach shows how particles need to be designed such that they self-assemble into a particular structure.

Objects could move through water without generating a wake if they are shrouded with a combination of porous materials and tiny pumps.

Corrugations found along the intestine’s inner wall reflect both a mechanical buckling and the constant birth and death of cells, theorists suggest.

Cosmic microwave background data have been combed for evidence of bubble universe collisions that might signal the existence of eternal inflation.

Levitation technique provides a way to solidify pharmaceutical drugs in a highly soluble form.

Calculations elucidate how the lateral diffusion of macromolecules within a liquid membrane depends on the properties of the solvent layer surrounding it.

In nanowire form, semiconductor lasers that rely on the coherent scattering of polaritons produce light with less energy.

According to calculations, unexpected physics emerges when a Bose-Einstein condensate is confined to a hexagonal optical lattice.

The hot, dense particle soup created by colliding lead nuclei breaks up pairs of weakly bound bottom quarks, as expected if the collision creates a plasma of unbound quarks and gluons.

Protected surface states of topological insulators could be exploited to enhance surface reaction dynamics.