A wafer-thin flake of bismuth telluride can act a little like a one-way street for electricity, even when the push comes from ...

A cluster of recent experiments and theoretical studies has produced the strongest evidence yet that spin-triplet ...

Condensed-matter physics is the study of substances in their solid state. This includes the investigation of both crystalline solids in which the atoms are positioned on a repeating three-dimensional ...

When you toss a coin, you put it into a higher-energy state until it falls back down again. It can then end up in one of two ...

Spurred by EVs and electrified aviation, global demand for lithium-ion batteries is expected to more than double its 2023 ...

A study from the Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) has uncovered a theoretical mechanism showing how ...

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Scientists at OIST have defied a foundational rule in chemistry by creating a stable 20-electron version of ferrocene—an organometallic molecule once thought to be limited to 18 valence electrons.

Twisting atomically thin magnetic layers does more than reshape their electronics—it can create giant, topological magnetic ...

If you were asked to picture how electrons move, you could be forgiven for imagining a stream of particles sluicing down a wire like water rushing through a pipe. After all, we often describe ...

A research team led by Professors Caichao Wan and Yiqiang Wu at Central South University of Forestry and Technology reports ...