A liquid-like spreading of metal atoms on a topological material can generate a superconductor—one that might benefit quantum computing. Read More »
The sound waves in a fabricated material exhibit topological features in one, two, and three dimensions—demonstrating an acoustic version of a higher-order nodal-line semimetal. Read More »
Light confined to an accelerating optical cavity could display a photonic counterpart of the electronic quantum Hall effect. Read More »
A photonic version of graphene hosts never-before-seen “twig” edge states—which could provide new avenues for realizing topological phases in graphene-like materials. Read More »
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy offers strong evidence that YPtBi can exhibit topological superconductivity, a property that could be harnessed to build quantum computers. Read More »
Researchers have synthesized a chalcogenide compound that has the electronic structure of an ideal Dirac semimetal—which could facilitate the study of this exotic class of materials. Read More »
An unusual kind of superconductor harbors magnetic vortices that researchers predict should be readily observable thanks to the striped configurations they adopt. Read More »
Germanene undergoes a topological phase transition and then becomes a normal insulator when the strength of an applied electric field is dialed up. Read More »
A new proposal for generating Majorana zero modes—electronic states with potential for quantum computing—would not require subkelvin temperatures. Read More »
By manipulating symmetries in acoustic lattices, two independent groups have created a topological insulator with a new, exotic topology. Read More »
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