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An experimental team provides new supporting evidence for a self-annihilating quasiparticle inside specially prepared superconductors.

Theoretical calculations describe the behavior of a large quantum circuit by taking advantage of certain symmetrical relationships between superconducting elements.

Radiative heat transfer usually increases at shorter separation distances, but new calculations describe micron-scale cases where less heat is exchanged as two objects approach.

For sufficiently thin films of topological insulators, the metallic surface states that make these materials interesting become insulating.

A quantum theory of electrons in mesoscopic systems reveals the intervals at which they arrive after waiting to pass through a gate.

Nanowires made from indium-antimonide offer the best chance for detecting Majorana fermions that may ultimately perform as robust qubits.

Incoherent light from the sun or from an LED could cool a small object, according to two theory papers.

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

A device that efficiently transfers single electrons from one grid point to another on the surface of liquid helium could provide a scalable way to make arrays of electron qubits.

Simulating part of a perovskite heterostructure with a polarizable gel reveals the instrinsic properties of a two-dimensional electron liquid.

Spin-dependent forces create quantum superpositions of different structures of a trapped ion crystal.

Theorists propose an experiment to observe a “phoniton,” a novel hybrid of an electron and a quantum of vibration in a crystal lattice.

A novel quantized Hall effect is likely observable in a known ferromagnetic compound.

Photoemission performed with circular polarized light can detect the chirality of electronic wave functions in single- and double-layer graphene.

Combining operations with one and two spin qubits may lead to superior quantum computers.

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

Measurement of the Coulomb drag correlation in a two-dimensional electron gas provides a quantitative explanation for the movement of electron-hole packets opposite to the expected direction.

The conversion of magnons into electron spin flips via spin pumping may allow for low-power spin-based data transmission schemes.

An ingenious experiment has probed the collective response of the quantum Hall stripe phase.

Alternating voltages act as a conveyer belt for transporting excitons.