Scientists Watch an Atom’s Nucleus Flip in Real Time for the First Time
Artist’s impression, based on actual measurement data, of the nuclear spin of an atom flipping between distinct quantum…
UCLA Engineers Build Room-Temperature Quantum-Inspired Computer
Scientists have built a physics-inspired computing system that uses oscillators, rather than digital processing, to solve complex optimization…
Space-time crystals from particle-like topological solitons
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The expanding world of topological ferroelectrics
In this issue we present three papers on the topological properties or structure of ferroelectrics, which are interlinked.…
Nanostructures boost CRISPR delivery for genetic medicine
With the power to rewrite the genetic code underlying countless diseases, CRISPR holds immense promise to revolutionize medicine.…
Competition between excitonic insulators and quantum Hall states in correlated electron–hole bilayers
Zeng, Y. & MacDonald, A. H. Electrically controlled two-dimensional electron-hole fluids. Phys. Rev. B 102, 085154 (2020). CAS …
Quantum oscillations in a dipolar excitonic insulator
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Breathing Crystal Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Clean Energy
Scientists develop of a special type of crystal with oxygen breathing abilities, which could be used in clean…
Scientists Discover a Cheaper, More Powerful Catalyst for Clean Hydrogen Energy
An artistic interpretation of the new catalytic material performing a reaction to split water. Credit: Jin Huang and…
Wrinkled 2D sheets may unlock faster, more efficient devices
Wrinkles can be an asset. Scientists at Rice University have discovered that tiny creases in two-dimensional (2D) materials…
Unique molecule may lead to smaller, more efficient computers
Today, most of us carry a fairly powerful computer in our hand—a smartphone. But computers weren’t always so…
Using AI to enhance the design of nanoparticles for RNA therapies
Using artificial intelligence, MIT researchers have come up with a new way to design nanoparticles that can more…