Browse Physics

Experimental models of astrophysical and planetary dynamos have been studied in the laboratory and generate magnetic fields with new geometries.

Collective electron excitations in metals, called plasmons, can play an important role in second-harmonic generation of light.

Fast excitations of lattice vibrations in a substrate can alter the electronic properties of an oxide thin film.

Coulomb interactions in the presence of spin-orbit coupling can stabilize ferromagnetic order.

In some transition metal oxides, disorder makes  the dielectric constant highly sensitive to an applied magnetic field over a broad range of temperatures.

There are encouraging hints that the Higgs boson may have been observed at the Large Hadron Collider.

Differences between the decay properties of charm-carrying mesons and those of their antiparticles may carry clues to the mystery of the missing antimatter in the Universe.

A new state of matter involving twisting magnetic moments has been observed for the first time, possibly opening up novel applications in information technology.

Local laser heating is used to image thermally driven spin currents and voltages.

An improved mirror reduces the errors in an atom interferometer caused by Earth’s rotation and increases the time and spatial dimensions over which precision measurements can be made.

Magnetically accelerated metal plates are used to compress water to high pressures and temperatures like those inside Neptune and Uranus, permitting measurements that aid in the development of models of planetary interiors.

Controlling the spin and geometric phase of electrons in a semiconductor ring.

Silicon nanowire sensors offer a route to improving the sensitivity and spatial resolution of magnetic resonance force microscopy.

The discovery of ferroelecticity in mammalian tissue makes researchers wonder what its purpose is and what it may be useful for.

Ferromagnetic fluctuations drive superconductivity in UCoGe.

Helicoidal magnetic order induces a record high electrical polarization.

An NMR technique tracks the diffusion of water molecules to obtain micron-scale structural information about a porous material.

Observation of shallow water motion provides a remarkably good way to simulate the shock wave instabilities that occur in exploding stars.

Advances in a magneto-optical technique will allow researchers to better understand how to control spins in a metal with short optical pulses.

Cold-atom experiments tread into the land of two-dimensional superconductivity.